Huh?
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid - aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed tihs, frowrad it.
posted by Aethlos at 1:49 AM
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That was fucking awesome!
did that take you, like, 50 hours to write? freaking genius.
It also works if you don't use any vowels. This was a study done some time ago. I've used it with my teachers to show them about kids and reading problems. At first they have a prblm nd thn ll f sdden thy gt t. You can see that this way is a little more difficulty because of the small frequently used words like a, an, the, of, to, but you can still do it.
So the question is, if we can read things this way, why do we teach kids all of the rules to learn how to read? The answer: It is a set of commonly accepted procedures that has been developed over time to codify the language for communication purposes.
The real puzzle in reading instruction -- we still don't have the faintest idea why or how we learn how to read, even with all of the conventions. Reading is not a natural function of the brain. It is purely an invention. Every child I have ever come in contact with wants to learn how to read, though. Brilliant!
By the way. Have you tried reading without trying to pronounce the word in your brain? It is very common that when you read you first have to "vocalize" it in your mind to understand it. Now try to do this exercise: Ask a friend to write a long word (dont peek at the word), once done tell him/her to show you the word for one second. look at it and try not to vocalize it. "read" it fast and you'll see that you only need to look at it. Once you do this, try to read an entire page and you'll see how fast you can read. Results will be amazing. Also, use your fingers to guide your eyes while reading every line. Teachers always tell you not to do it, but you know what, they guiding your eyes enhances the speed. and "Reading comprehension is directly proportional to the speed of your eyes".
In your face, Mrs. Leonard (my third-grade teacher)!
i'm giong to mdannoa nhgit at Berlin nxet snduay nghit!
Wow Spence, it was like regular reading. hmmm. I don't vocalize in my brain either unless its poetry or I like the word...like effervescence...superfluous... incognito...assuage.
Nice to see you.
Omigod, I had heard of this before but I never bothered to try it out. Weird!
Icnerdbile!
The interesting thing is, when some people who were curious looked into it, it turns out that such a study was never done. No one in the major linguistics departments no where this thing got started. That being said, it does seem to work!
FASCINATING Sky! Thank you!
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