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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

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Language at the speed of sight
Mark S. Seidenberg
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An edition of Language at the Speed of Sight (2017)

Language at the speed of sight

how we read, why so many can't, and what can be done about it

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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.

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Basic Civitas Books
Language
English
Pages
374

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Subjects
Reading (higher education), Language experience approach in education, Cognition disorders, Psycholinguistics, Reading (Higher education)

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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
Mar 06, 2018, Basic Books
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Cover of: Language at the speed of sight
Language at the speed of sight: how we read, why so many can't, and what can be done about it
2017, Basic Civitas Books
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Cover of: Language at the Speed of Sight
Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done about It
2017, Basic Books
in English
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Table of 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 of reading
The educational challenges. How well does America read? ; The two cultures of science and education ; Reading the future.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-361) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
428.4071/1
Library of Congress
LB2395.3 .S44 2017

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Pagination
374 pages
Number of pages
374

ID Numbers

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OL27228172M
ISBN 10
0465019323
ISBN 13
9780465019328
LCCN
2016046731
OCLC/WorldCat
961098496

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