1. What is reading? -- 2. What is language? -- 3. How language works -- 4. How proficient reading works -- 5. How developing reading works -- 6. How written text works -- 7. The reading process: cycles and strategies -- 8. Learning and teaching reading and writing.
Note
On cover: A common-sense look at the nature of language and the science of reading.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-149) and index.