Language at the speed of sight : how we read, why so many can't, and what can be done about it / Mar...
Language at the speed of sight : how we read, why so many can't, and what can be done about it / Mar...
Language at the speed of sight : how we read, why so many can't, and what can be done about it / Mark Seidenberg.
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, a division of PBG Publishing, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., [2017]
Call Numbers
G 2017/2927
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Language
English
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Physical content
374 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Reading, writing, and speech. The problem and the paradox ; Visible language ; Writing: it's all Mesopotamian cuneiform to me -- How we read. The eyes have it ; F u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n rdng rsch ; Becoming a reader ; Reading: the eternal triangle ; Dyslexia and its discontents ; Brain bases...
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, a division of PBG Publishing, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., [2017]
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
A psychology professor specializing in the cognitive and neurological bases of language and reading discusses why children and adults have been incorrectly taught how to read and offers suggestions on how to vastly improve this vital life skill.
Over half of our children read at a basic level and few become highly proficient. Many American children and adults are not functionally literate, with serious consequences. Poor readers are more likely to drop out of the educational system and as adults are unable to fully participate in the workforce, adequately manage their own health care, or a...
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Language at the speed of sight : how we read, why so many can't, and what can be done about it / Mark Seidenberg.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-361) and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/2927
Record Identifier
74VKVaQJegVA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaQJegVA
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ISBN
9780465019328
DDC
428.4071
MMS ID
991024104316402626
