Reading and Reading Acquisition

Title
Reading and Reading Acquisition
Publication Date
2010
Author(s)
Byrne, Brian J
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5532-9407
Email: bbyrne@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:bbyrne
Editor
Editor(s): Marcia J Bates and Mary Niles Maack
Type of document
Entry In Reference Work
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
CRC Press
Place of publication
New York, United States of America
Edition
3
DOI
10.1081/E-ELIS3-120043705
UNE publication id
une:7753
Abstract
The role of written language and therefore of reading in society and in the individual is examined. This is in part achieved by an examination of the historical emergence of writing systems, which in turn is used to suggest parallels with the acquisition of literacy by the child. The hypothesized parallels are tested against empirical evidence on the normal trajectory of reading acquisition. Failures of acquisition (developmental dyslexia) are also discussed. Turning attention to skilled reading, some abiding issues, such as speed reading, eye movements, and the role of "inner speech," are canvassed. Modern, computer-based models of reading are also introduced, models that are bringing the study of reading to new levels of scientific rigor and promise.
Link
Citation
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, v.6: Pacific-Sociology, p. 4404-4413
ISBN
9780849397127
9780849396724
084939712X
0849396727
Start page
4404
End page
4413

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