Landmarks in Literacy: The Selected Works of Frank Smith

ISBN-13: 9781138287143 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 156 str.

Frank Smith

Opis

Frank Smith is internationally acclaimed for his research on the nature of reading and as an originator of the modern psycholinguistic approach to reading instruction. This selection of 16 of his key writings brings together in one volume the major topics addressed in his work.

O autorze

Frank Smith holds a Harvard Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology. He has written over 20 books on such topics as language, reading, writing, thinking and comprehension. He has held positions as professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Professor of Language in Education at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and Professor and Department-head of Applied English Language Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He was featured by the BBC in a program titled "How Do You Read?" and was a featured speaker in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Ideas program on language. His most recent prize was awarded by the National Council of Teachers of English "for his transforming influence and lasting intellectual contribution to the English profession." He is the first Canadian to receive this prestigious award.