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Reading acquisition: Reading acquisition in psychology refers to the process of learning to understand and interpret written language. This complex cognitive process involves developing skills such as phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. See also Learning, Learning theories, Language acquisition, Reading, Phonetics, Phonology, Writing, Understanding, Language development, Language._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Uta Frith on Reading Acquisition - Dictionary of Arguments
Slater I 132 Reading Acquisition/Frith: (Frith 1998)(1): the acquisition of the alphabetic code is like catching a virus: “This virus infects all speech processing, as now whole word sounds are automatically broken up into sound constituents. Language is never the same again” (1998, p. 1051). Goswami: learning the alphabet causes fundamental changes in the way that the brain represents whole word sounds, even though the alphabet is a visual code. But equally important is the question of what kinds of brain-based representations for word sounds exist prior to the acquisition of literacy. It seems plausible that the nature of these lexical representations could either facilitate, or inhibit, the acquisition of literacy. Cf. >Order, >Lexicon, >Language acquisition, >Learning. 1. Frith, U. (1998). Editorial: Literally changing the brain. Brain, 121, 1051–1052. Usha Goswami, „Reading and Spelling.Revisiting Bradley and Bryant’s Study“ in: Alan M. Slater & Paul C. Quinn (eds.) 2012. Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies. London: Sage Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Frith I Chris Frith Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World, Hoboken/NJ 2007 German Edition: Wie unser Gehirn die Welt erschafft Heidelberg 2013 Slater I Alan M. Slater Paul C. Quinn Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies London 2012 |