Reading Development And Difficulties Av Kate (Lancaster University) Cain

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. <br/><p>Key features include:</p><ul><li><br/></li><li>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<br/></li><li>A consideration of the similarities and differences between written and spoken language, and the advantages and disadvantages of different methodological approaches<br/></li><li>An examination of how failures in reading comprehension skills can create difficulties and disorders<br/></li><li>A consideration of the implications of this research for the teaching of reading and the diagnosis and treatment of reading difficulties</li></ul><br/><p>This text will be useful to many diff