Reading: From the Simple to the Complex

• Published in: Brain Sciences
• Main Authors: Hermundur Sigmundsson, Helga S. Thórsdóttir, Herdís R. Njálsdóttir, Svava Th. Hjaltalín
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: children; letter-sound knowledge; READ; breaking the reading code; reading; challenges; learning; plasticity; Vestmannaeyjar; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121670

The aim of this article was to present an important perspective on reading skill development. The perspective ‘READ’ builds on the phonics approach which has been found to be most important in relation to reading achievement i.e., to teach children to break the reading code. In addition, READ builds...