The Reading Process

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This paper explains how we acquire reading skills, examines and explains lexical and phonological dyslexia and discusses some of the research being done in the area. The paper concludes with a recommendation for programs that could be used to help children with reading disabilities.

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"Reading is the process of acquiring linguistic meaning from printed or written symbols. These symbols can take a variety of forms. English uses 26 characters that can be combined in a nearly infinite number of possible combination. Another way to symbolize words is found in the Braille system, which uses patterns or raised dots to represent letters instead of ink on paper. Other languages, such as traditional Japanese and Chinese, use individual symbols that are derivations of visual representations of spoken words, sometimes called pictographs. In fact our society uses some pictographs. Company logos are one example; traffic signs are another."

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