Reading Into Reading
People who I've worked with often presented the issue of being able to read longer words fine, but, paradoxically, being stuck on short words.
Why is that? Here are some answers.
Because many people have their words moving as they see them - whether on a page or in their imagination.
The letters are dancing on the page which causes the fact that they can't spell nor read them.
Short words tend to be hard because they have fewer letters and the brain tends to somehow "overlook" them - as if to look at them fleetingly and think "I get that" - only to find out that the brain didn't get it.
In contrast, the brain tends to take more time "studying" the longer words - as if it wanted to ensure that it reads the longer words correctly.
Also, in the English language there are often short words which look very similar, such as on and no, of and off, where and were, was and saw, is and it, dad, bad and dab, bad and bed, etc.
Especially in the lower case, some letters, such as a, e, and s, b and d, i and l, u and v, c, e, and o are very similar and can, thanks to this "fleeting" intake of short words by the brain, easily be "overlooked" and thus confused.
So ask the person who you know has this problem whether she/he sees all - especially the short - words still, i.
e.
not moving.
If the words are moving, then you need to freeze the action.
Once you do and the letters and words are still, reading will rapidly improve, because the brain will start perceiving words - long or short - as blocks, or as pictures, in exactly the same way as it would perceive a picture of something.
After all, when you put your hand in front of your face and look at it, you'll be seeing the whole hand, not each finger individually and then the palm.
And if your hand is moving in front of your face, then you won't be able to see it clearly - and may not be able to count the fingers either.
This principle is exactly the same when it comes to reading and seeing words - and numbers.
Yes, numbers also must be seen still, i.
e.
not moving, if a person wants to be successful at doing mental math!
Why is that? Here are some answers.
Because many people have their words moving as they see them - whether on a page or in their imagination.
The letters are dancing on the page which causes the fact that they can't spell nor read them.
Short words tend to be hard because they have fewer letters and the brain tends to somehow "overlook" them - as if to look at them fleetingly and think "I get that" - only to find out that the brain didn't get it.
In contrast, the brain tends to take more time "studying" the longer words - as if it wanted to ensure that it reads the longer words correctly.
Also, in the English language there are often short words which look very similar, such as on and no, of and off, where and were, was and saw, is and it, dad, bad and dab, bad and bed, etc.
Especially in the lower case, some letters, such as a, e, and s, b and d, i and l, u and v, c, e, and o are very similar and can, thanks to this "fleeting" intake of short words by the brain, easily be "overlooked" and thus confused.
So ask the person who you know has this problem whether she/he sees all - especially the short - words still, i.
e.
not moving.
If the words are moving, then you need to freeze the action.
Once you do and the letters and words are still, reading will rapidly improve, because the brain will start perceiving words - long or short - as blocks, or as pictures, in exactly the same way as it would perceive a picture of something.
After all, when you put your hand in front of your face and look at it, you'll be seeing the whole hand, not each finger individually and then the palm.
And if your hand is moving in front of your face, then you won't be able to see it clearly - and may not be able to count the fingers either.
This principle is exactly the same when it comes to reading and seeing words - and numbers.
Yes, numbers also must be seen still, i.
e.
not moving, if a person wants to be successful at doing mental math!
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