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Learning to read: linking biology and culture via cognition - DF McKenzie Lecture 2019
Writing systems are cultural inventions that have evolved fairly recently, yet our capacity to read is rooted in our biology. Cognitive architectures developed for other purposes – speech and language, memory, perception – are hijacked during the course of reading acquisition, resulting in a reading system that is highly skilled and highly efficient. This lecture will consider the challenges facing children as they first encounter print and follow their journey to expertise as written language itself begins to shape how they process and represent their worlds.
Date:
7 February 2019, 17:00
Venue:
St Cross Building, St Cross Road OX1 3UR
Venue Details:
Lecture Theatre 2
Speaker:
Professor Kate Nation (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Nicholas Irving
