![]() This was first described by Gough and Tunmer in 1986, and supported with data in a follow-up paper by Hoover and Gough ( 1990). This complexity means that finding a simple answer to questions like “how does reading comprehension develop” and “why does it sometimes fail” quickly becomes an impossible task.Īgainst this complexity, enter the Simple View of Reading. A whole range of cognitive and linguistic operations are at play, from identifying individual words through to making inferences about situations that are not fully described in the text (Castles, Rastle, & Nation, 2018). This sense of ease is misleading, however, as it belies the complexity of what we do as we read, even when a text is simple and straightforward. As skilled readers, this usually feels pretty effortless and comprehension flows naturally as we read along. The ultimate goal of reading is comprehension: for the reader to reconstruct the mental world of the writer. ![]()
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