Open AccessA Short Analysis of the Nature of Reading
Author(s) -
Liu Feng
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
english language teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-4750
pISSN - 1916-4742
DOI - 10.5539/elt.v3n3p152
Subject(s) - reading (process) , psychology , process (computing) , linguistics , product (mathematics) , cognitive psychology , computer science , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , operating system
This paper gives a short analysis of the nature of reading. Though it is generally believed that reading involves perceiving the written form of language, the term reading has not been clearly defined up to date. It is possible to see reading as a process, or to examine the product of that process. Three reading models, namely Bottom-up Model, Top-down Model and Interactive Model, are discussed in this paper.