How Children Learn to Read and How to Help Them

by Cedric Cullingford

Overview

This is an introductory guide to the theoretical and practical aspects of the development of reading skills. The book looks at the success or failure of various techniques and provides underpinning theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135382131
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	984 KB

About the Author

Cullingford, Cedric

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part 1 How children learn to read; Chapter 1 How children learn; Chapter 2 The process of learning to read; Chapter 3 The skills of learning to read; Chapter 4 Impediments to learning to read; Part 2 Early reading; Chapter 5 Auditory perception; Chapter 6 Visual perception; Chapter 7 Psychomotor skills; Chapter 8 Attitudes to reading; Part 3 The first stages of reading; Chapter 9 Helping children to read; Chapter 10 Letters; Chapter 11 Letter blends; Chapter 12 Word building; Chapter 13 Reading for meaning; Part 4 Developing reading skills; Chapter 14 Fluent reading; Chapter 15 The use of books; Chapter 16 Part Icular problems in learning to read; Chapter 17 Assessment; Part 5 Extending reading skills; Chapter 18 The uses of literacy; Chapter 19 The experience of reading; Chapter 20 The reading curriculum;