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Driven mainly by textual elements: Readers construct mental translation of text piece by piece. Discrete and primarily linear: Grapheme (Phoneme) Meaning
Aims
Account for how readers construct meaningful messages from discrete (structural) elements that underlie text.
Focal areas
Reader Processes
Decode print letter-by-letter, wordby-word, clause-by-clause; reconstruct spoken messages from print. Controlled processing - Automatic processing Word recognition Comprehension Re-association
Role of Memory
Important: To free up space in working memory, readers must automatize component skills.
Readers
Readers are autonomous (if not isolated) Readers viewed as mental processors.
Instructional Parallels
Phonic-based instruction