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April 2009

Looking Through an Adolescent Literacy Lens at the Narrow View of Reading

Publication: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
Volume 40, Number 2
Pages 192-195

Abstract

Purpose

This commentary is a personal reaction to A. G. Kamhi’s (2007) article on the “narrow view” of reading and his suggestion that this view be adopted as a way to address the reading problems of children and adolescents.

Method

In this article, I consider the narrow view of reading from an adolescent literacy perspective and discuss the practical implications of adopting this view in the schools. Discussion revolves around the complexities of reading comprehension, comprehension as a teachable set of complex processes, and the speech-language pathologist’s role in reading comprehension.

Conclusion

Although I acknowledge that the narrow view of reading may have merit, I opine that it may create more problems than it solves.

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Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
Volume 40Number 2April 2009
Pages: 192-195

History

  • Received: Apr 3, 2008
  • Accepted: Sep 11, 2008
  • Published in issue: Apr 1, 2009

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  1. adolescent literacy
  2. reading comprehension
  3. reading

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Barbara J. Ehren [email protected]
University of Central Florida, Orlando

Notes

Contact author: Barbara J. Ehren, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32826. E-mail: [email protected].

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