On Reading Ken Goodman
On Reading by Ken Goodman is a foundational book in reading theory, presenting his “psycholinguistic guessing game” model, which posits that reading is a meaning-making process where readers use context (graphophonic, syntactic, semantic cues) to predict and construct meaning, rather than just decoding letters. The book explains how readers use “miscues” (errors) as evidence of this predictive process and argues for authentic literacy experiences, challenging the idea that skills like phonics must be taught in isolation.