Reading Development and Difficulties
Format:Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:13th Apr '10
Should be back in stock very soon
This accessible text brings together research on word reading and comprehension development, which are often treated separately, and provides a comprehensive and detailed introductory text to reading development and difficulties.
Key features include:
- An introduction to the important issues in reading research and the skills involved in reading words and understanding text, from the point of view of both a beginner and a skilled reader
- A consideration of the similarities and differences between written and spoken language, and the advantages and disadvantages of different methodological approaches
- An examination of how failures in reading comprehension skills can create difficulties and disorders
- A consideration of the implications of this research for the teaching of reading and the diagnosis and treatment of reading difficulties
This text will be useful to many different groups of readers, not only researchers and students in psychology but also those who work in more applied settings, such as students in education and speech and language therapy, who may have a limited background knowledge of the psychology of reading.
"Intended for undergraduates studying literacy acquisition and for professionals with no previous background in reading development or difficulties, Cain provides a balanced, comprehensive, accessible introduction to the development of the two core aspects of reading - good word-reading skills and the ability to extract the overall meaning of a text." (Higher Times Education, November 2010)
ISBN: 9781405151559
Dimensions: 246mm x 189mm x 16mm
Weight: 526g
272 pages