PROBLEMS FACED BY CHILDREN IN READING – CAUSES AND REMEDIES

Reading behavior is receiving communication, making discriminative responses to graphic symbols and decoding graphic symbols to speech (Gibson). Reading may be defined as the act of receiving meaning from a written form. It is the ability to interpret linguistic sounds in their graphic and symbolic representation. Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning. Like all language, it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader which is shaped by the reader’s prior knowledge, experiences, attitude, and language community which is culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement.