Maryanne Wolf

Quel impact du monde digital sur notre cerveauet sur l'avenir de notre société ?Au travers de neuf lettres, qui composent les neuf chapitres de ce livre passionnant, Maryanne Wolf nous explique comment la lecture façonne notre cerveau dès le plus jeune âge. Dès lors, que va-t-il se passer dans un monde où, accaparés par les écrans, nous lisons de moins en moins ?• La jeune génération, si douée pour faire plusieurs choses à la fois et capable d'accéder d'un simple clic à de multiples sources de savoir, saura-t-elle conserver, voire améliorer, les processus neuronaux liés à la lecture profonde, tels que le raisonnement critique et la capacité à se mettre à la place de l'autre ? Ou bien les laissera-t-elle péricliter au risque de devenir vulnérable aux fake news ?• La distraction incessante qu'offre la surabondance des supports numériques pèsera-t-elle sur la capacité d'attention, de concentration et de mémorisation de nos enfants et petits-enfants ?• la lecture en diagonale est-elle appelée à devenir la nouvelle norme ? Et si oui, allons-nous perdre notre aptitude à l'analyse critique, à la réflexion personnelle et à l'empathie – toutes conditions nécessaires d'une vie démocratique ?Il y aura un avant et un après Lecteur, reste avec nous ! Ceux qui lisaient déjà liront encore davantage (et différemment), ceux qui ont délaissé la lecture s'y remettront séance tenante et tous feront passer le mot autour d'eux : " Lisez ! Lisez ! Lisez ! "

The act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to rearrange itself beyond its original abilities in order to understand written symbols. But how does the brain learn to read? As world-renowned cognitive neuroscientist and scholar of reading Maryanne Wolf explains in this impassioned book, we taught our brain to read only a few thousand years ago, and in the process changed the intellectual evolution of our species. Wolf tells us that the brain that examined tiny clay tablets in the cuneiform script of the Sumerians is configured differently from the brain that reads alphabets or of one literate in today's technology. There are critical implications to such an evolving brain. Just as writing reduced the need for memory, the proliferation of information and the particular requirements of digital culture may short-circuit some of written language's unique contributions—with potentially profound consequences for our future. Turning her attention to the development of the individual reading brain, Wolf draws on her expertise in dyslexia to investigate what happens when the brain finds it difficult to read. Interweaving her vast knowledge of neuroscience, psychology, literature, and linguistics, Wolf takes the reader from the brains of a pre-literate Homer to a literacy-ambivalent Plato, from an infant listening to Goodnight Moon to an expert reader of Proust, and finally to an often misunderstood child with dyslexia whose gifts may be as real as the challenges he or she faces. As we come to appreciate how the evolution and development of reading have changed the very arrangement of our brain and our intellectual life, we begin to realize with ever greater comprehension that we truly are what we read. Ambitious, provocative, and rich with examples, Proust and the Squid celebrates reading, one of the single most remarkable inventions in history. Once embarked on this magnificent story of the reading brain, you will never again take for granted your ability to absorb the written word.

The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of "the literary" has always been contentious. What is clear, however, is how increasingly it is dismissed or is unrecognised as a way of thinking or an arena for thought. It is sceptically challenged from within, for example, by the sometimes rival claims of cultural history, contextualized explanation, or media studies. It is shaken from without by even greater pressures: by economic exigency and the severe social attitudes that can follow from it; by technological change that may leave the traditional forms of serious human communication looking merely antiquated. For just these reasons this is the right time for renewal, to start reinvigorated work into the meaning and value of literary reading.Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century wrestles with critical, timely questions for 21st-century society. How does literacy change the human brain? What does it mean to be a literate or a non-literate person in the present digital culture: for example, what will be lost in the present reading brain, and what will be gained with different mediums than print? What are the consequences of a digital reading brain for the literary mind and for writing itself? Can knowledge about the reading brain and advances in technology offer new forms of literacy and new forms of knowledge to the peoples in remote regions of the world who would never otherwise become literate? By using both research from cognitive neuroscience, psycholinguistics, child development, and education, and considering literary examples from world literature, Maryanne Wolf plots a course that seeks to preserve the deepest forms of reading from the past, while developing the cognitive skills necessary for this century's next generation.

The RAN and RAS Tests are considered to be the "gold standard" of naming tests. These tests reflect three decades of clinical evidence and research across all parts of the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, Asia, and Australia that have examined the relation between processing speed and reading. This wealth of research evidenceÑadded to the fact that the tests are simple, fun, and quick to administer (i.e., five to ten minutes for all six tests)Ñmake tests an important addition to any prediction battery or diagnostic assessment of oral and written language from age five to adulthood. The RAN and RAS Tests are individually administered measures designed to estimate an individual's ability to recognize a visual symbolÑsuch as a letter or colorÑand name it accurately and rapidly. The tests consist of rapid automatized naming tests (Letters, Numbers, Colors, Objects) and two rapid alternating stimulus tests (2-Set Letters and Numbers, and 3-Set Letters, Numbers and Colors). The Letters, Numbers, Colors, and Objects tests are comprised of five high-frequency stimuli that are randomly repeated ten times in an array of five rows for a total of fifty stimulus items. The 2-Set Letters and Numbers and 3-Set Letters, Numbers, and Colors tests are comprised of 10 and 15, respectively, high-frequency stimuli that are randomly repeated in an array of five rows for a total of fifty stimulus items. On all tests, the examinee is asked to name each stimulus item as quickly as possible without making any mistakes. Scores are based on the amount of time required to name all of the stimulus items on each test. The tests were normed on 1,461 individuals in 26 states; these norms are suitable for individuals from ages 5-0 through 18-11. The group of six tests usually take about five to ten minutes to administer, depending on the age, language status (first or second language), and reading abilities of the child. This includes time for directions and practice items per test.

Maryanne Wolf, celebre neuroscienziata del cervello che legge, si presenta questa volta come scrittrice di narrativa, con tre racconti ispirati al rapporto tra Maria Maddalena e Gesù.Ogni storia, narrata in prima persona dalla Maddalena, propone una figura diversa di giovane donna nella Palestina del I secolo – Miriam, figlia di un rabbino; la prostituta Maddalena; Marit, incrocio di culture tra il padre notabile romano e la madre ebrea praticante –, ma tutte partono dalla difficoltà di essere donna in quel tempo storico e tratteggiano la coraggiosa crescita della protagonista grazie al suo carattere e alla sua intelligenza, ma soprattutto all’incontro con Gesù.Un incontro che dà vita e senso a una relazione forte, in cui amicizia, sentimenti e dolorosa condivisione, ma anche risate, ironia, confidenza rivelano la profonda, autentica umanità del Cristo. Proprio questo era l’intento di Maryanne senza pretese teologiche o storiche, ma con un gran lavoro di ricerca sulla cultura e la vita del tempo, provare a immaginare come avrebbe potuto essere vivere vicino a Gesù. Chiosa l’ «La mia speranza è condividere con i lettori la grande consolazione che ho provato nel contemplare la persistenza dell’amore in tre diverse forme, riflesse nella vita immaginaria di Maria Maddalena, che è simbolo di ciascuno di noi, e di Gesù, il cui modello per l’umanità continua a essere una fonte di conforto e speranza al di là della religione, per i credenti come per i non credenti».

Educations workbook for reading & writing.

Educations workbook for reading & writing.

2011 RAVE-O A Minute Story -- Anthology Volume 1 Units 2-8 (Paperback)(8.5"x5.5"x0.35") by Maryanne Wolf *** 9781606974513 ***168 Pages

2011 RAVE-O A Minute Story -- Anthology Volume 2 Units 9-16 (Paperback)(8.5"x5.5"x0.4") by Maryanne Wolf *** 9781606974520 ***185 Pages