In this course students will gain insight into the stages and
factors involved in reading development. Moreover, they will familiarize
themselves with the perceptual and cognitive factors affecting reading
and reading comprehension at word, sentence, and text level. Students
will also gain insights into reading in the present day media
environment. The course covers the following topics: visual word recognition,
sentence and text comprehension,
reading as a perceptual process, figurative language processing,
reading of literary texts, reading of science texts, reading & social media, easy language, & reading development.
- Teacher
Raymond Bertram