Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK. Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK.

This book sets out to integrate recent exciting research on the precursors of reading and early reading strategies adopted by children in the classroom.

Phonological Awareness and Reading. How Children Read Words. Spelling and Phonological Awareness. How Children Read and Write New Words. Comparisons with Backward Readers and Spellers. Correlations and Longitudinal Predictions. Teaching Children About Sound. Do Children Read and Fail to Learn to Read in Different Ways from Each Other. Theories About Learning to Read.