Why Learning to Read English is So Hard and How to Make it Easier
Why do children learning to read English take more than two years to attain basic literacy, while children learning to read phonetic languages such as Italian achieve the same level within a year? Why are the effects of dyslexia so much more limiting for readers of English than for those reading phonetic languages?
This is a compact book bursting with big ideas. It explains in simple terms just why the English language is so hard to learn to read. It also describes the revolutionary system of Readable English, which draws on developments in neuroscience and brain plasticity to help everyone learn to read, write and speak English more easily.
"Based on theory and data, I can recommend Readable English in the strongest possible terms. It has the potential to transform the teaching of English."
~ Emeritus Professor John Sweller, Educational psychologist and Creator of Cognitive Load Theory