Task Analysis of Reading

 

Task Analysis of Reading
The reading process is very complex. Everything that has to happen before a student is ready to read is unbelievable.  I know when teaching a student in the physical education setting we are able to point out students that have difficulty in the classroom but there is always the mystery of WHY?  How and why students become reluctant readers is very intriguing.  Reading "How the Special Needs Brain Learns"(Sousa, 2006) has answered a lot of questions about my struggles with reading.  The statement " Reading is probably the most difficult task for the young brain to do" says it all.  Then incorporate the social, cultural and physical causes of reading problems and you have 50 percent of our students who have reading difficulties.  Teachers need to understand how the brain learns to read.  The Phonological and phonemic awareness in beginning readers is very important.

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