[senco-forum] [SENco-forum] Dyslexia and general learning needs -reading aloud or in the head.

I have a book by .......??? It will come back to me that claims the only way
to increase reading speed (talking about adults here) is to stop the voice
in the head.  I just don't see how this can be done, but the whole book is
to teach speed reading, skimming/scanning etc

The damn voice is not only in my head but it comes in a variety of voices.
Infinitely amusing for reading, but gets a little irritating when books are
televised and subsequent reading is then in the actors voice - Lovejoy,
Poirot, Midsommer Murders etc.,

So perhaps it is another automaticity thing - one can read and get so
involved that one is no longer aware of the voice in the head?  I have seen
children who read aloud and find it difficult to move to reading in their
heads.

Anyone out there able to read and not 'hear' in their mind what is being
read?  Suspect it is a small minority.

Sharon

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[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk]On Behalf Of Eddie Carron
Sent: 19 March 2008 10:56
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Subject: [senco-forum] Dyslexia and general learning needs

Reading is the retrieval and assimilation of the intellectual content of
text.

Stuart's message touches on some highly significant points about the reading
process which stem from the fact that there is no professional agreement
about what reading is.

He says 'reading is normally silent'

Reading is not normally silent - reading is always and can only be silent.

Reading is a receptive activity during which, meaning is 'received' and
assimilated and assimilation of meaning is necessarily, a silent process.

The process involves decoding the text at a sub-vocal level - it is 'spoken'
silently within the reader's head - this is beyond dispute.

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