Conocer la escritura: investigación más allá de las fronteras (original) (raw)

Throughout history, reported data shows that not all children learned to read and write at the same time, as is customary today. This communication analyzes the access to the written language; or, rather, the entry in reading according to whether it is linked to writing or not. The effects of Gutenberg’s invention on reading and writing and the consequences of printing on teaching will be reviewed. Subsequently, the relation of writing to reading will be examined by comparing reading-learning books widely spread in France and the United States between the seventeenth and the twentieth century. This essay contributes to the understanding of the role played by writing in the teaching of reading.