Reading As Communication

For undergraduate introductory courses in Reading Methods and graduate courses in Foundations in Reading Instruction. This classic text offers major revisions including concise summaries on up-to-the minute research regarding phonemic awareness, decoding, important aspects of whole language, direct skills instruction, and research findings from the Report of the National Reading Panel. As one of the most popular authorities on reading, May writes with warmth that engages both students and professors while promoting a balanced literacy approach.

Reading As Communication has consistently championed the importance of literature in the reading curriculum...actively promoting a literacy- rich environment and the strong contribution it can make to the early reading development of children. More than any other text, it offers the detailed, practical suggestions needed to create such an environment in the classroom. Now, in the Fourth Edition, this much-loved reading methods text is even better! Among the changes in the new edition is a much stronger emphasis on the affective side of teaching and learning. An amusing new tale in Chapter 1 emphasizes the need for taking the long rather than the short view of learning and literacy. Plus, there are new chapters on basal readers, emergent literacy, and the importance of the classroom environment for literacy development. A unique approach, down-to-earth teaching advice, an abundance of classroom activities, exercises, games, self-tests, and lesson plans: all of it adds up to the best methods texts ever for preparing prospective teachers to instill in elementary students the knowledge that reading is more than learning...it's the fascinating experience of communicating.