Nedra Newkirk Lamar writes: "There are, in my opinion, just three indispensibles to good reading:
Analytical Reading can help you uncover the meaning and convey that to your listeners.
Analytical Reading instructors teach by the Socratic method. Questions from the teacher draw out answers from the students. The focus is on helping students analyze the passages for themselves.
Students learn to apply the pertinent principle and then decide for themselves how to read the passage. The question and answer technique is used in a conscientious effort to avoid influencing the pupil's thinking and to guard against imitating the teacher.
Teaching is done in classes or individually, in person or by telephone, which many find convenient.
Author and scholar, Nedra Newkirk Lamar recorded her unique approach to oral reading in her book How To Speak the Written Word, first published in 1949. In 1967 she held her 1st teacher's training class and in 1976 she established The Institute of Analytical Reading.
Today there are over 30 authorized affiliates, dedicated men and women throughout the United States, helping readers to make the written word come to life.
