Reading The Writing On The Wall : Debates, Challenges and Opportunities in the Teaching of Reading

In this book Tom Nicholson presents the debates and challenges in the controversial field of reading instruction. He covers the pendulum swings that have occurred historically in the teaching of reading, both in New Zealand and elsewhere, and discusses the trends that will shape reading instruction in the future. This book, the author's twelfth on reading, has a practical orientation. It includes the following
¨ whole language and phonics
¨ the search for the 'best' method
¨ the reading process
¨ phonemic awareness
¨ learning the alphabet
¨ emergent reading
¨ reading comprehension
¨ spelling
¨ reading disabilities
¨ motivation
¨ reading at secondary school Reading the Writing on the Wall advocates for the right of all children to read for success.