Poetry Out Loud and Learning to Read

This unique book explores the connection between poetry and literacy development through current psychological theory. Taking an experimental perspective, it covers current developmental and neuroscientific theories about phonology, prosody and metrical structure to explain how rhyme and rhythm are crucial for emerging literacy.

List of contents

Part 1: The Sounds of Poetry 1. Poetry 'out loud': a recent history Part 2: How what we hear affects how we read 2. Phonology, metrical structure and the brain 3. Science and Poetry? 4. The effect of poetic sound: a novel intervention Part 3: To the classroom 5. Poetry in Practice

Summary

This unique book explores the connection between poetry and literacy development through current psychological theory. Taking an experimental perspective, it covers current developmental and neuroscientific theories about phonology, prosody and metrical structure to explain how rhyme and rhythm are crucial for emerging literacy.

Product details

• Authors: Usha Claire Goswami, Usha Claire (University of Cambridge Goswami, Usha Claire Prentice Goswami, Goswami Usha Claire, Kate Prentice, Kate Goswami Prentice, Prentice Kate
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.01.2026
• EAN: 9781138842397
• ISBN: 978-1-138-84239-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Essays in Developmental Psychology; Essays in Developmental Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; English, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Educational psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Age groups: children, Educational: English Literature, Literacy strategies, Educational: First / native language: Literature studies, Educational systems and structures, Educational strategies and policy