Reading and Remedial Reading

First published in 1967, Reading and Remedial Reading describes the normal reading programme in the school where the author taught and the diagnosis and treatment of acute difficulties in learning to read. The work deals mainly with so-called educationally maladjusted children, many of whom showed signs of possible damage to the central nervous system, but Mr Tansley believes that the methods and techniques given are applicable to all children, irrespective of levels of intelligence, who are experiencing difficulties to learn. The results achieved are most encouraging and have been tested by numerous expert visitors from this country and abroad. This is a helpful guide to a large number of people- staffs and students in University Education Departments, educational psychologists, remedial teachers, special-school teachers, primary school teachers, and medical officers in the School Health Service.

A. E. Tansley

Part I: The Teaching of Reading 1. Some General Considerations 2. Reading Readiness 3. Training Perceptual Abilities 4. The Beginning of Reading 5. Phonic Readiness and the Beginnings of Phonic Teaching 6. The Teaching of Phonics 7. The Teaching of Spelling 8. Reading Failure: Its Causes and Prevention Part II: Remedial Teaching of Reading 9. General Remarks and Principles 10. Diagnostic Programme 11. Remedial Treatment of Acute Reading Disability 12. Remedial Techniques and Methods Appendices Suggested Additional Reading Index