This book examines why so many children in Asia have difficulty learning to read. With its parent-centered perspective, it identifies both the intrinsic and extrinsic elements associated with developmental dyslexia in easy-to-understand language. It explains how many children fail to read as a consequence of poor instructional practices and offers parents guidelines for detecting if their child is at risk of becoming a weak reader.
The authors have focused not simply on dyslexia as a severe impediment to acquiring reading skills. They have charted the progression that other non-dyslexic children follow in learning to read and have identified and analysed the common difficulties faced on the way. By appreciating that children need to be taught how to read, they identify common language problems that impede learning and draw on extensive educational and psychological experience to outline what hurdles the non-dyslexic child has to overcome in the process of becoming an independent reader. The authors provide advice as to how parents can measure a child's reading problems and what measures should be taken to alleviate them.
