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Reading effeciency is based on the understanding that reading is essentially a learning tool.
Reading is one of the main sources of intake of information and in the yeshiva educational system the number 1 source of intake.
English spelling is fundamentally different to Hebrew.
English letters and vowels represent distinct sounds which are displayed sequentially and linearly on the line.
Some people have the ability to be both Detail (Left-brain) Dominant and Generality (Rightbrain) Dominant simultaneously.
They can concentrate on the detail and see it as part of the overall pattern at the same time.
Dyslexia simply means difficulty with the written word.
It is a descriptive, not a diagnostic term. Unfortunately, the medical sounding label implies that it is a distinct and identifiable reading disorder with a known medical cause.
Information is processed by the cerebral hemispheres of the brain.
The left hemisphere deals with analysis of information. The right hemisphere deals with synthesis of information. People tend to be dominant to one side.
The Zobin method uses the Messorah.
Discover how people have been learning to read Hebrew for thousands of years.
If this little girl could achieve so much with only half a brain what could we not do with a complete one?
A girl of seven who had half her brain removed, including its speech centre, has astonished doctors by becoming fluent in two languages.
The key to helping students manage anxiety is to understand what’s happening in their brain.