When taken as it is stated: “Skillful readers of English thoroughly process the individual letters of words in their texts.” (Adams) I disagree. To me this means that in order to read the text and gain meaning, letters are read before words and words are read in order, as Adams further states “left to right and line by line.” As I was reading this I was thinking that I may get what she means, even as we read and are unaware of individual letters, we still know they are there and can go back to pick them out. And then I read further on page 109, where it is said that “Statements about the reader ‘processing’ most words could be valid, if by ‘processing,’ the authors mean perceiving rather than fixating upon.” This means that as we read and “perceive” words out of our parafoveal vision, we can pick out individual words and know what letters are in those words without fixating on each individual letter. As such, I do not agree with the literal interpretation of Adams’ statement, but can agree with the notion that all letters are perceived. However, regarding her statements that explain how “good readers” read all words in order, I believe that an effective reader understands the order and direction of text, although they may not necessarily focus on every word in that given order.
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