Language Development and Learning to Read

Two major questions guide the research on reading. The first and most obvious has to do with methods of reading instruction: What works best, and why? This is the topic of the companion book, Early Reading Instruction. The second question, and the topic of this book, is more subtle and complex. It stems from the fact that there are striking individual differences in reading skill even when children are taught in the same classroom
with the same method by the same teacher. Why do some children learn to read easily and quickly, while others don’t learn to read at all? Read here.