Research on reading

[Jamie (K)]

Here is an article on some research that was done on reading a few years ago. It turns out that some important things people used to believe about reading simply aren't true.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29716/print/

[Torsten]

Jamie, excellent article. I must admit, I too have been the victim of reading illusions when I once bought a Travel Guide Australia. The first thing that struck me as odd was the fact that the guide was not exactly a guide but just a booklet. Then I started reading the book and in the beginning I was quite happy because it seemed the guide would actually take me to Australia. However, after an hour or so I realized the guide and me hadn't moved a single inch. I immediately took the guide back to the store and asked them if they were aware of the fact that their guides are incapable of even travelling themselves let alone taking others on journeys....
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[Conchita]

[Jamie (K)]

Here is an article from The Onion about a Marxist university student.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28832

One time I used this article in a lesson with two younger Germans, just out of university. They took it very seriously, and they began discussing it as if it involved a real person. Finally I told them the whole thing was a satire, and they answered, "But it could be true!"