Losing Place While Reading

The learning disabled child’s difficulty in making left-to-right tracking movements has already been noted. We have seen how this disrupts sequencing of letters and syllables in words. This difficulty also causes the child to lose his/her place in reading. The child may skip to the next line of print, often unaware that he/she has done so, or have difficulty switching from one line to the next. The inability to keep place also shows up when someone else is reading and the learning disabled is required to follow along.

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