This book investigates the efficacy of perceptually enhanced reading theory to improve literacy education. It examines how this approach can be implemented to improve functional literacy rates in classrooms across the globe.



Through a series of case studies from Afghanistan, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, India, and the UAE, this book highlights developments in cognitive neuroscience that expand literacy rates, connecting them to effective classroom practices. Contributing authors analyze the development, implementation, evaluation, and scaling of perceptually enhanced programs, providing a practical guide on how these approaches can be used with various languages and groups of people. Featuring perspectives from across the Global South, the book sheds light on the psychological and physiological processes in literary development, emphasizing the efficiency of perceptually enhanced reading approaches for non-western orthographies.



Perceptually Enhanced Learning for Literacy is a vital read for scholars and students in the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and education. It will also benefit education specialists, international development practitioners, and governmental stakeholders interested in the improvement of functional literacy rates.

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Contents 1 Introduction: perceptually enhanced reading in the Global South 1 Jessica Tsimprea Maluch and Helen Abadzi PART I THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS 2 Visual perceptual learning for reading automaticity 9 Helen Abadzi 3 Teaching the classroom language to children who do not speak it 27 Helen Abadzi PART II CONTEXTUAL EXAMPLES 4 Evidence-based good practices and continuing challenges: evidence from Ivory Coast and Benin 43 Aigly Zafeirakou 5 Perceptually enhanced learning in adult literacy in Afghanistan 61 Lauryn Oates and Murwarid Ziayee 6 Empowering senior learners in Nepal through perceptually enhanced methodology 81 Sanju Thapa Magar, Munirah Eskander and Jessica Tsimprea Maluch 7 Developing and implementing perceptually enhanced reading in Telugu 95 Radhika Iyengar 8 Evaluation of a foundational reading program in rural Upper Egypt: lessons and challenges 106 Fatma Abdelkhalek, Ray Langsten and Helen Abadzi 9 Learning to read in Malawi 125 Radhika Iyengar 10 Opportunities and challenges to implementing and scaling an Arabic perceptually enhanced reading program: reflections from Ras Al Khaimah 136 Jessica Tsimprea Maluch, Reham Zahran and Gehad Al Najjar 11 Transforming early-grade reading in a diglossic setting: evidence from Morocco 152 Abdellah Chekayri 12 Conclusion 171 Helen Abadzi
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781035330867
Publisert
2026-02-27
Utgiver
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
188

Biografisk notat

Edited by Helen Abadzi, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington, USA and Jessica Tsimprea Maluch, Sharjah Education Academy, Sharjah, UAE