Month: April 2015

The strange case of the word ‘yacht’
Yacht

The strange case of the word ‘yacht’

John6 Comments

The strange case of the word ‘yacht’. This old chestnut comes up on a fairly regular basis and is cited as an example of how not all English words are decodable.   In truth, the word presents us with more of a challenge than many others. However, holding to the notion that every word incorporated… Continue reading The strange case of the word ‘yacht’

Uncategorized

Decoding, comprehension and muddled thinking

John4 Comments

We know from a variety of different studies that the same regions of the brain are activated when we read as are activated in speech comprehension. As we are reading, our brains are hunting for meaning and, as long as a word is in our vocabulary, we understand it as we read. Of course, in… Continue reading Decoding, comprehension and muddled thinking