The Reading Mind

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01 On Your Marks To understand the purpose of reading. Before trying to understand how it works, it's useful to be clear on what the product of reading is—that is, what the act of reading accomplishes. 02 Sound It Out We've concluded that our alphabet codes spoken language. Being able to read means being able to decode writing to recover speech. The particulars of that task dep...(展開全部) 01 On Your Marks To understand the purpose of reading. Before trying to understand how it works, it's useful to be clear on what the product of reading is—that is, what the act of reading accomplishes. 02 Sound It Out We've concluded that our alphabet codes spoken language. Being able to read means being able to decode writing to recover speech. The particulars of that task depend on the language represented (English) and the alphabet used to code it (the Roman alphabet). This chapter describes the particulars of the code used by English readers. 03 Reading at a Glance We've said that reading is a code for sound. Now we need to determine what role, if any, the look of words—that is, their spelling—plays in reading. 04 Words, Words, Words Chapters 2 and 3 showed how the meaning of a word can be accessed via its sound or spelling (respectively). Now we need a better understanding of how meaning is represented in the mind. 05 Reading Comprehension We have reviewed how the meaning of individual words is represented in the mind. Now we need to understand how words are put together so that we understand sentences, and how we put together the meaning of multiple sentences. 06 Becoming a Reader In order to become a proficient reader, one must read a lot. In this chapter we will seek to understand why some people choose to read and others do not. 07 Reading After the Digital Revolution Much of what we do and how we do it has changed in the last 20years, due to the omnipresence of digital technologies. In this chapter we will e

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