Comments on: Visiting Ground Zero (2 years later) http://blog.muevelonyc.com/2003/09/11/visiting-ground-zero-2-years-later Personal Website & Blog of Edmund J. Song Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:42:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Junghwa Song http://blog.muevelonyc.com/2003/09/11/visiting-ground-zero-2-years-later/comment-page-1#comment-7 Junghwa Song Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:23:39 +0000 http://blog.muevelonyc.com/2003/09/11/visiting-ground-zero-2-years-later/#comment-7 Yup, that's definitely true. Up to a certain age, we sound out words, look at them letter by letter. After a while, your brain learns to read simply by "word recognition" not necessarily "reading" as we think of it (ie-sounding out words.) It works not as well with other words though such as "creaitn" (upon first glance, the average person would be more likely to say "creation" or "creatin" rather than "certain")... Your dorky long lost cousin who does not feel like doing work in this way-too-quiet library, JH Yup, that’s definitely true. Up to a certain age, we sound out words, look at them letter by letter. After a while, your brain learns to read simply by “word recognition” not necessarily “reading” as we think of it (ie-sounding out words.) It works not as well with other words though such as “creaitn” (upon first glance, the average person would be more likely to say “creation” or “creatin” rather than “certain”)…

Your dorky long lost cousin who does not feel like doing work in this way-too-quiet library,
JH

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