Language at the Speed of Sight
How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It
By Mark Seidenberg | Publisher: Basic Books
About the book
In this \"important, alarming\" (New York Times) book, see why so many American students are falling behind in their reading skills while others around the world excel.
The way we teach reading is not working, and it cannot continue. We have largely abandoned phonics-based reading instruction, despite research that supports its importance for word recognition. Rather than treating Black English as a valid dialect and recognizing that speaking one dialect can impact the ability to learn to read in another, teachers simply dismiss it as \"incorrect English.\" And while we press children to develop large vocabularies because we think being a good reader means knowing more words, studies have found that a large vocabulary is only an indication of better pattern recognition. Understanding the science of reading is more important than ever--for us, and for our children. Seidenberg helps us do so by drawing on cutting-edge research in machine learning, linguistics, and early childhood development. Language at the Speed of Sight offers an erudite and scathing examination of this most human of activities, and concrete proposals for how our society can produce better readers.
Editions of Language at the Speed of Sight
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781541617155
- EBook
- ISBN 9780465080656
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In this \"important, alarming\" (New York Times) book, see why so many American students are falling behind in their reading skills while others around the world excel.
The way we teach reading is not working, and it cannot continue. We have largely abandoned phonics-based reading instruction, despite research that supports its importance for word recognition. Rather than treating Black English as a valid dialect and recognizing that speaking one dialect can impact the ability to learn to read in another, teachers simply dismiss it as \"incorrect English.\" And while we press children to develop large vocabularies because we think being a good reader means knowing more words, studies have found that a large vocabulary is only an indication of better pattern recognition. Understanding the science of reading is more important than ever--for us, and for our children. Seidenberg helps us do so by drawing on cutting-edge research in machine learning, linguistics, and early childhood development. Language at the Speed of Sight offers an erudite and scathing examination of this most human of activities, and concrete proposals for how our society can produce better readers.
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What is Language at the Speed of Sight about?
In this \"important, alarming\" (New York Times) book, see why so many American students are falling behind in their reading skills while others around the world excel.
The way we teach reading is not working, and it cannot continue. We have largely abandoned phonics-based reading instruction, despite research that supports its importance for word recognition. Rather than treating Black English as a valid dialect and recognizing that speaking one dialect can impact the ability to learn to read in another, teachers simply dismiss it as \"incorrect English.\" And while we press children to develop large vocabularies because we think being a good reader means knowing more words, studies have found that a large vocabulary is only an indication of better pattern recognition. Understanding the science of reading is more important than ever--for us, and for our children. Seidenberg helps us do so by drawing on cutting-edge research in machine learning, linguistics, and early childhood development. Language at the Speed of Sight offers an erudite and scathing examination of this most human of activities, and concrete proposals for how our society can produce better readers.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Language at the Speed of Sight?
Society and Social Sciences > Psychology > Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints > Cognitivism, cognitive theory
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Language at the Speed of Sight?
Mark Seidenberg
Who is the Publisher of the book Language at the Speed of Sight?
Basic Books
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Language at the Speed of Sight is available as paperback(ISBN 9781541617155) and ebook(ISBN 9780465080656)
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