Chapter 4 Reading is Unnatural
Most people in industrialized nations grew up in households and school districts that promoted education and reading. They learned to read as young children and became good or excellent readers by adolescence. As adults, most of our activities during a normal day involve reading. The process of reading—deciphering words into their meaning—is for most educated adults automatic, leaving our conscious minds free to ponder the meaning and implications of what we are reading. Because of this background, it is common for good readers to consider reading to be as “natural” a human activity as speaking is.
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