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Lexicalist Phonology of English and German (Hardcover, Reprint 2019): Steven L Strauss Lexicalist Phonology of English and German (Hardcover, Reprint 2019)
Steven L Strauss
R3,345 Discovery Miles 33 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Linguistics, Neurology, and Politics of Phonics - Silent "E" Speaks Out (Paperback, New): Steven L Strauss The Linguistics, Neurology, and Politics of Phonics - Silent "E" Speaks Out (Paperback, New)
Steven L Strauss
R1,241 Discovery Miles 12 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the driving forces behind the current government-sponsored resurrection of phonics, and the arguments used to justify it. It examines the roles played by three key actors--corporate America, politicians, and state-supported reading researchers--in the formulation of what Strauss terms the neophonics political program. Essential for researchers, students, and teachers of literacy and reading, and for anyone seeking to understand what is happening in U.S. public schools today, "The Linguistics, Neurology, and Politics of Phonics: Silent "E" Speaks Out: "
*analyzes the political nature of the alleged literacy crisis in the United States, through an investigation of the political and corporate motives behind the renewed focus on phonics, and media complicity in promoting the neophonics political program as the solution to the so-called crisis;
*examines the scientific claims of neophonics, including methodology, linguistics, and neuroscience, and exposes the flaws in its reasoning and the weakness of its arguments;
*addresses the scientific, empirical investigation of letter-sound relationships in English (of phonics itself), and demonstrates the complexity of the system and its associated benefits and limitations in the theory and practice of reading;
*proposes actions to help make a return to politically undistorted science and to democratic classrooms a reality; and
*introduces, in a postscript, a formal analysis of the letter-sound system, using empirically based rules to convert one finite set of elements, the alphabet, into another, the phonemes of the spoken language.
Offering up-to-date information and an original critique, this book makes two important contributions. One is the policy analysis linking government agencies, policymakers, and corporate interests. The second is the neurological and linguistic treatment of why traditional phonics programs are not the solution and why the rhetoric developed to support their resurgence is so far off the mark.

The Linguistics, Neurology, and Politics of Phonics - Silent "E" Speaks Out (Hardcover, New): Steven L Strauss The Linguistics, Neurology, and Politics of Phonics - Silent "E" Speaks Out (Hardcover, New)
Steven L Strauss
R3,983 Discovery Miles 39 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the driving forces behind the current government-sponsored resurrection of phonics, and the arguments used to justify it. It examines the roles played by three key actors--corporate America, politicians, and state-supported reading researchers--in the formulation of what Strauss terms the neophonics political program. Essential for researchers, students, and teachers of literacy and reading, and for anyone seeking to understand what is happening in U.S. public schools today, "The Linguistics, Neurology, and Politics of Phonics: Silent "E" Speaks Out: "
*analyzes the political nature of the alleged literacy crisis in the United States, through an investigation of the political and corporate motives behind the renewed focus on phonics, and media complicity in promoting the neophonics political program as the solution to the so-called crisis;
*examines the scientific claims of neophonics, including methodology, linguistics, and neuroscience, and exposes the flaws in its reasoning and the weakness of its arguments;
*addresses the scientific, empirical investigation of letter-sound relationships in English (of phonics itself), and demonstrates the complexity of the system and its associated benefits and limitations in the theory and practice of reading;
*proposes actions to help make a return to politically undistorted science and to democratic classrooms a reality; and
*introduces, in a postscript, a formal analysis of the letter-sound system, using empirically based rules to convert one finite set of elements, the alphabet, into another, the phonemes of the spoken language.
Offering up-to-date information and an original critique, this book makes two important contributions. One is the policy analysis linking government agencies, policymakers, and corporate interests. The second is the neurological and linguistic treatment of why traditional phonics programs are not the solution and why the rhetoric developed to support their resurgence is so far off the mark.

Reading- The Grand Illusion - How and Why People Make Sense of Print (Paperback): Kenneth Goodman, Peter H. Fries, Steven L... Reading- The Grand Illusion - How and Why People Make Sense of Print (Paperback)
Kenneth Goodman, Peter H. Fries, Steven L Strauss
R1,150 Discovery Miles 11 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What is reading? In this groundbreaking book, esteemed researchers Ken Goodman, Peter Fries, and Steven Strauss, explain not only what reading really is but also why common sense makes it seem to be something quite different from that reality. How can this grand illusion be explained? That is the purpose of this book. As the authors show, unraveling the secrets of the grand illusion of reading teaches about far more than reading itself, but also about how remarkable human language is, how the brain uses language to navigate the world, what it means to be human. Each author brings a different perspective, but all share a common view of the reading process. Together they provide a clear and surprising exposition of the reading process, in which they involve readers of this book in exploring the ways they themselves read and make sense of written language while their eyes fixate on fewer than 70 percent of the words in the text. In addition, the authors engage in a cross-disciplinary discussion about how readers use the brain, eyes, and language in reading. The different perspectives provide depth to the authors' description of reading. The information presented in this book will be new to many teachers, researchers, teacher educators, and the public alike. The final chapter draws on the understandings from the book to challenge the treatment of reading and writing as school subjects and offers the basis for supporting literacy development as a natural extension of oral language development.

Reading- The Grand Illusion - How and Why People Make Sense of Print (Hardcover): Kenneth Goodman, Peter H. Fries, Steven L... Reading- The Grand Illusion - How and Why People Make Sense of Print (Hardcover)
Kenneth Goodman, Peter H. Fries, Steven L Strauss
R4,401 Discovery Miles 44 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What is reading? In this groundbreaking book, esteemed researchers Ken Goodman, Peter Fries, and Steven Strauss, explain not only what reading really is but also why common sense makes it seem to be something quite different from that reality. How can this grand illusion be explained? That is the purpose of this book. As the authors show, unraveling the secrets of the grand illusion of reading teaches about far more than reading itself, but also about how remarkable human language is, how the brain uses language to navigate the world, what it means to be human. Each author brings a different perspective, but all share a common view of the reading process. Together they provide a clear and surprising exposition of the reading process, in which they involve readers of this book in exploring the ways they themselves read and make sense of written language while their eyes fixate on fewer than 70 percent of the words in the text. In addition, the authors engage in a cross-disciplinary discussion about how readers use the brain, eyes, and language in reading. The different perspectives provide depth to the authors' description of reading. The information presented in this book will be new to many teachers, researchers, teacher educators, and the public alike. The final chapter draws on the understandings from the book to challenge the treatment of reading and writing as school subjects and offers the basis for supporting literacy development as a natural extension of oral language development.

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