Reading Problems of Learners

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Models of reading. 3. Reading problems in perspective. 4. A sociologist on reading. 5. Children with learning problems. 6. A psychiatric perspective of reading disability. 7. Oral language as a precursor of reading. 8. Assessment and management of severe language-learning problems. 9. Diagnosis of reading problems. 10. Remedial teaching. 11. The reading specialist. Index.

"Students come from various socio-economic backgrounds and as such they have their own problems. The students coming from the poor houses and the socially disadvantaged families have some physical as well as mental problems. So they face problems in reading in the beginning. The task of a good teacher is that he should help the students with reading problems to overcome them. A good teacher with the help of various learning devices like programmed learning and language laboratories helps the students with reading difficulties and helps them to overcome these difficulties and improve the standard of learning. The editor gratefully acknowledges the contributions made in this direction by various American Agencies and the National Council of Education Research and Training in India whose works have been consulted and have been utilised for the preparation of this book." (jacket)