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Reading without speaking aloud
Silent reading is reading done silently, or without speaking the words being read. Before the reintroduction of separated text (spaces between words)
Silent_reading
Form of school-based recreational reading
Sustained silent reading (SSR) or Free voluntary reading (FVR) is a form of school-based recreational reading where students read silently in a designated
Sustained_silent_reading
Taking in the meaning of letters or symbols
of reading for pleasure for both educational purposes as well as personal development. Reading is generally an individual activity, done silently, although
Reading
Study of reading and its acquisition
shorter fixations and fewer refixations when reading. Research published in 2019 concluded that the silent reading rate of adults in English for non-fiction
Science_of_reading
Internal process while reading
Subvocalization, or silent speech, is the internal speech typically made when reading; it provides the sound of the word as it is read. This is a natural
Subvocalization
Reading longer, easier texts for extended periods of time
sustained silent reading (SSR) or free voluntary reading; and is used in both the first- (L1) and second-language (L2) classroom to promote reading fluency
Extensive_reading
Techniques claiming to improve the ability to read quickly
Speed reading is any of many techniques claiming to improve one's ability to read quickly. Speed-reading methods include chunking and minimizing subvocalization
Speed_reading
Performing music at first sight
distinction allows for a narrower usage of the term "sight-reading" to describe the silent reading of music without producing sound through an instrument
Sight-reading
Ability to read and understand text
Reading comprehension is the ability to process written text, understand its meaning, and to integrate with what the reader already knows. Reading comprehension
Reading_comprehension
Scientific theory of Reading Comprehension
(RC) Reading comprehension: understanding the meaning of the written words in context. To be clear, all of this can be done while doing silent reading. The
Simple_view_of_reading
Cohort born from 1928 to 1945
The Silent Generation, also known as the Traditionalist Generation or Builders Generation, is a demographic cohort following the Greatest Generation and
Silent_Generation
Method of teaching reading and writing
§ Brackets and transcription delimiters. Phonics is a method for teaching reading and writing to beginners. To use phonics is to teach the relationship between
Phonics
Educational term
remain as an activity in itself. SSR: Sustained Silent Reading DEAR: Drop Everything And Read Voluntary Reading Students will Read more willingly and more
Independent_reading
Early theory of language processing
(area 39) and from there to Wernicke's area, for silent reading or, together with Broca's area, for reading out loud. This model is now obsolete. Nevertheless
Wernicke–Geschwind_model
Careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text
In literary criticism, close reading is the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text. It emphasizes the particular over the general
Close_reading
Early literacy intervention
Reading Recovery is a controversial short-term intervention approach designed for English-speaking children aged five or six, who are the lowest achieving
Reading_Recovery
Blank area that separates text
practice. According to Paul Saenger in Space Between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading, Ancient Hebrew and Arabic did use spaces partly to compensate in clarity
Space_(punctuation)
Eye movement
who used a mirror on one side of a page to observe eye movement in silent reading and found that it involves a succession of discontinuous individual
Saccade
Welsh identical twins
1963 – 9 March 1993) were Welsh twin sisters. They became known as "The Silent Twins", since they only communicated with each other. They wrote works of
June_and_Jennifer_Gibbons
Punctuation mark with two dots (:)
appropriateness of a colon to the length of the pause taken when reading the text aloud, but silent reading eventually replaced this with other considerations. In
Colon_(punctuation)
Approach to teaching children to read
on time spent reading, especially independent reading. Even today, many classrooms (whole-language or otherwise) include silent reading time, sometimes
Whole_language
United States government body
read. Most of the studies of this focused on the practice of sustained silent reading, in which teachers makes books and time available for students to read
National_Reading_Panel
Smallest functional written unit
Ancient logographic scripts often used silent determinatives to disambiguate the meaning of a neighboring (non-silent) word. As mentioned in the previous
Grapheme
Typography term
used in Paul Saenger's 1997 book Space between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading, although Saenger himself attributes it to Insup & Maurice Martin Taylor
Bouma
2025 film by Ildikó Enyedi
Silent Friend (German: Stiller Freund) is a 2025 historical drama film written and directed by Ildikó Enyedi. Starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Léa Seydoux
Silent_Friend
Intentional reduction of reading speed
Slow reading is the intentional reduction in the speed of reading, carried out to increase comprehension or pleasure. The concept appears to have originated
Slow_reading
Reading technique
child's reading. The students may read the whole text or a part of the text silently or softly for beginning readers. After reading: following the reading, the
Guided_reading
2006 film by Christophe Gans
Silent Hill is a 2006 supernatural psychological horror film based on the video game series published by Konami. Directed by Christophe Gans and written
Silent_Hill_(film)
Reading comprehension scale
Fountas & Pinnell reading levels (commonly referred to as "Fountas & Pinnell") are a proprietary system of reading levels developed by Irene Fountas and
Fountas and Pinnell reading levels
Fountas_and_Pinnell_reading_levels
Public high school in Daly City, California, US
reports are issued each third of a semester. Westmoor began the Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) program in 2001. On a normal schedule, a twenty-minute period
Westmoor_High_School
This is a list of Reading Rainbow episodes, hosted by longtime executive producer LeVar Burton. The show premiered on PBS on July 11, 1983. The final
List of Reading Rainbow episodes
List_of_Reading_Rainbow_episodes
Measure of writing, typing, or reading speed
processed in a minute, often used as a measurement of the speed of typing, reading or Morse code sending and receiving. Since words vary in length, for the
Words_per_minute
Book used to teach reading to children
Basal readers are textbooks used to teach reading and associated skills to schoolchildren. Commonly called "reading books" or "readers" they are usually published
Basal_reader
Concept in politics
deem for their relief, are rejected by the despotism of a silent majority at a second reading—when such become the rules of our legislation, the Congress
Silent_majority
Public oral recitation of poetry
three millennia of writing, poetry retains its appeal to the ear, the silent reading eye thereof, thereafter, hears what it is seeing. Sound that was imagined
Poetry_reading
Transition from non-reader to reader
a reader. Other terms for reading readiness include early literacy and emergent reading. Children begin to learn pre-reading skills at birth while they
Reading_readiness
Style of writing without spaces between words
current system of rapid silent reading for information replaced the older, slower, and more dramatic performance-based reading, and word dividers and punctuation
Scriptio_continua
Type of learning disability in which reading is impaired
A reading disability is a condition in which a person displays difficulty reading. Examples of reading disabilities include developmental dyslexia and
Reading_disability
Set of conventions to represent words in writing
the surrounding area. [...] In 1907, due to a Postal Official's error in reading an official report, the post office was titled 'Seguim' for approximately
Spelling
Series of children's early reading books
The Key Words Reading Scheme is a series of 36 English language early readers children's books, published by the British publishing company, Ladybird
Key_Words_Reading_Scheme
Javal used a mirror on one side of a page to observe eye movement in silent reading, and found that it involves a succession of discontinuous individual
Eye_movement_in_reading
Book by Rachel Carson about pesticides harming the environment
Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson. Published on September 27, 1962, the book documented the environmental harm caused by
Silent_Spring
Level of ease with which a reader can understand written text
readability in a text eases reading effort and speed for the general population of readers. For those who do not have high reading comprehension, readability
Readability
Christian bishop and theologian (c. 339 – 397)
scripts for recitation than as vehicles of silent reflection. However, there is also evidence that silent reading did occur in antiquity and that it was not
Ambrose
American writer (1916–2021)
National Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) Day, in promotion of sustained silent reading. In Portland, Oregon, the Hollywood branch of the Multnomah County Library
Beverly_Cleary
Set of words
evolves through various methods, including direct instruction, independent reading, and natural language exposure, but it can also shrink due to forgetting
Vocabulary
Education program
Engaged silent reading. In E. H. Hiebert & D. R. Reutzel (Eds.), Revisiting silent reading (pp. 95–111). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction
Concept-Oriented_Reading_Instruction
Canadian contemporary artist (born 1949)
(Dark Room, 1990), Un(Self-Consciousness, 1992), Non (1999). The work Silent Reading was part of Janice Gurney's graduating exhibition at the University
Janice_Gurney
Dutch revolt leader (1533–1584)
William the Silent or William the Taciturn (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger; 24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as William
William_the_Silent
Exemplary or noteworthy book
"upcoming classic". Many universities incorporate these readings into their curricula, such as "The Reading List" at St. John's College, Rutgers University,
Classic_book
Ability to deliver information quickly and correctly
related but separable skills: Reading fluency refers to the link between the recognition of words while reading and reading comprehension, which manifests
Fluency
recognition skills while reading texts silently. As a result, Hiebert has suggested that "comprehension-based silent reading rate" (or CBSRR) is a critical
Elfrieda_"Freddy"_Hiebert
Topics referred to by the same term
diesel-electric radar picket submarine Sustained silent reading, a form of school-based recreational reading Self Supporting Run-flat tires, a type of run-flat
SSR
British crime drama television series
Silent Witness is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC that focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations
Silent_Witness
List of written works by Priest
(2015) Yǒu Fěi (有匪, "Bandits") (2016) Mò Dú (默读); English translation: Silent Reading (2025) (2017) Cán Cì Pǐn (残次品); English translation: The Defectives
Priest_bibliography
Wordless picture books
created new collections of silent books biannually. IBBY Italia and IBBY Sweden have both produced guides for reading silent books. Individual books are
Silent_books
Multisensory phonics technique for remedial reading
Orton-Gillingham approach is a multisensory phonics technique for remedial reading instruction developed in the early 20th century. It is practiced as a direct
Orton-Gillingham
Ability to read and write
wider concept and process, including the social and cultural aspects of reading, writing, and functional literacy. The range of definitions of literacy
Literacy
2017 British film
The Silent Child is a British sign language short film written by and starring Rachel Shenton and directed by Chris Overton, and released in 2017 by Slick
The_Silent_Child
2004 video game
Silent Hill 4: The Room is a 2004 survival horror video game developed by Konami's Team Silent and published by Konami. The fourth installment in the Silent
Silent_Hill_4:_The_Room
Iranian-American writer and professor
Nabokov’s Novels (1994). Reading Lolita in Tehran (Random House, 2003). "BiBi e la voce verde" (Adelphi, 2006) Things I've Been Silent About (Random House
Azar_Nafisi
Poem by Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
The Silent Ship (Turkish: Sessiz Gemi) is one of the best-known and best-loved poems by Yahya Kemal Beyatlı. It is a poem primarily about death, but also
The_Silent_Ship
Practice of Judaism by the Sephardim
the Hazan reads the first line out loud, followed by silent reading, and finishing up by reading the last few lines out loud before moving to the next
Sephardic_law_and_customs
Topics referred to by the same term
ticker symbol DEAR Drop Everything And Read, a school-based sustained silent reading program Dear... (disambiguation) Dear Dear, a 1992 album by 54-40 Deer
Dear
Pair of annual music festivals in England
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously
Reading_and_Leeds_Festivals
Theory of two separate mental mechanisms
The dual-route theory of reading aloud was first described in the early 1970s. This theory suggests that two separate mental mechanisms, or cognitive
Dual-route hypothesis to reading aloud
Dual-route_hypothesis_to_reading_aloud
Inadequate reading and writing skills for everyday purposes
illiteracy consists of reading and writing skills that are inadequate "to manage daily living and employment tasks that require reading skills beyond a basic
Functional_illiteracy
Comparison to human tutors(1999-2000) Equal-time comparison to Sustained Silent Reading (2000-2001) Since 2005, researchers both within and outside Project
Project_LISTEN
2013 American film
Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie! is a 2013 American adult animated superhero comedy film written by Kevin Smith, directed (and co-animated)
Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie!
Jay_&_Silent_Bob's_Super_Groovy_Cartoon_Movie!
German physician and neuropathologist (1848–1905)
but disordered speech, impaired understanding of speech, and impaired silent reading. Incorporating Broca's findings on motor aphasia, Wernicke described
Carl_Wernicke
Smart Way Reading and Spelling is a commercial brand of reading instruction methodology and materials that was developed in 2001 by Bright Sky Learning
Smart Way Reading and Spelling
Smart_Way_Reading_and_Spelling
Irish contributions to science, technology, and engineering
www.gaa.ie. Saenger, Paul (1997). Space Between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804726535. Foxall, Damian (2011)
Timeline of Irish inventions and discoveries
Timeline_of_Irish_inventions_and_discoveries
Converting subvocalization to a digital output
MUTE sEMG-Based Silent Speech Recognition System. Military Communication Conference, MILCOM 2012. Fitzpatrick M. (2002). Lip-reading cellphone silences
Subvocal_recognition
Range of neurodevelopmental conditions
Assessments that measure reading subskills include the Gray Oral Reading Test IV – Fourth Edition (GORT IV), Gray Silent Reading Test, Comprehensive Test
Learning_disability
State of being able but unmotivated to read
for themselves what to read, and reading simply for enjoyment. This is often referred to as Sustained Silent Reading (SSR). Dr. Stephen Krashen, a leading
Aliteracy
2001 video game
revive a deity it worships. As a visual novel, Play Novel Silent Hill has the player reading the story through text presented over images. The player can
Play_Novel_Silent_Hill
American artist and illustrator
including the second educational basal reader in the series, Stone's Silent Reading (c. 1925), and the Bolenius Fourth Reader (revised, c. 1929) by Emma
Edith_F._Butler
American white supremacist terrorist group
The Order, also known as the Silent Brotherhood, was a neo-Nazi organization active in the United States between September 1983 and December 1984. The
The Order (white supremacist group)
The_Order_(white_supremacist_group)
Articulatory speech recognition Audio-visual speech recognition Computational linguistics Facial motion capture Lip reading Silent speech interface v t e
Automated_Lip_Reading
American children's television series
Reading Rainbow is an American educational children's television series designed to encourage a love of books and reading. The original series aired on
Reading_Rainbow
while they are reading. The codex form improved with the separation of words, capital letters, and punctuation, which permitted silent reading. Tables of
History_of_books
2015 American film by Quentin Tarantino
publish it as a novel instead. In April 2014, Tarantino directed a live reading of the script at the United Artists Theater in Los Angeles, before reconsidering
The_Hateful_Eight
List of frequently used English words
beginning reading instruction. The list was first published in a journal article in 1936 and then published in his book Problems in Reading in 1948. Dolch
Dolch_word_list
Chinese author
2022. Retrieved 8 June 2025. "Seven Seas Licenses Danmei Novel Series SILENT READING: MO DU by Priest". Seven Seas Entertainment. 11 September 2024. Retrieved
Priest_(writer)
Educational tool for measuring readability level
Lexile Framework for Reading is an educational tool in the United States that uses a measure called a Lexile to match readers with reading resources such as
Lexile
Significantly advanced reading ability in children
hyperlexia have a significantly higher word-decoding ability than their reading comprehension levels. Children with hyperlexia also present with an intense
Hyperlexia
American regional newspaper
the week's news and their reporting process, as well as a regular "Silent Reading Club" and other events. The Villager has sought to offset a decline
Midcoast_Villager
Area of special education
Reading for special needs has become an area of interest as the understanding of reading has improved. Teaching children with special needs how to read
Reading_for_special_needs
The silent age of American animation dates back to 1900 when Vitagraph released The Enchanted Drawing. Although early animations were rudimentary, they
Animation in the United States during the silent era
Animation_in_the_United_States_during_the_silent_era
Academic achievement exam
(matching words to pictures, reading sentences aloud, orally answering oral questions about reading passages, silent reading speed). Pseudoword (phonetic)
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
Wechsler_Individual_Achievement_Test
1981 novel by Beverly Cleary
all. Ramona feels the best part of being in third grade is Sustained Silent Reading. When Ramona cracks a hard boiled egg on her head at lunch—and finds
Ramona_Quimby,_Age_8
Subset of phonological awareness
phonemic awareness. The National Reading Panel has found that phonemic awareness improves children's word reading and reading comprehension and helps children
Phonemic_awareness
American game show
Silent Library is an American television game show that aired on MTV from June 15, 2009 to May 13, 2011. The series is based on one of the segments in
Silent_Library
and Standard English Features in a School Setting and the Oral Reading, Silent Reading, and Listening Comprehension Levels of Black Title One Third Grade
Portia_Holmes_Shields
Piece of filmed, printed text
inserted at or near the start or end of films and television shows. In the silent film era, intertitles were mostly called "subtitles", but also "leaders"
Intertitle
Method of language teaching
a designer of mathematics and reading programmes, and the use of color charts and colored Cuisenaire rods in the Silent Way grew directly out of this
Silent_Way
American educator
Junior High School (1926) Mother Goose Book: A Work and Play Book for Silent Reading (1928, with Marion George Kellogg and Gustaf Tenggren) American Literature
Emma_Miller_Bolenius
Fictional video game character
10, 2009). Davidson, Drew (ed.). Staring Into The Abyss – A Close Reading of Silent Hill 2. Well Played 1.0: Video Games, Value and Meaning. Pittsburgh:
Pyramid_Head
Genre of silent film
Silent comedy is a style of film, related to but distinct from mime, developed to bring comedy into the medium of film during the silent film era (1900s–1920s)
Silent_comedy
Commonly used words that children are encouraged to memorize
critically needed by the end of grade three and can be used over a lifetime of reading. Sight words account for a large percentage (up to 75%) of the words used
Sight_word
SILENT READING
SILENT READING
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Silent; Silence
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
The Moon
Girl/Female
Tamil
Silent
Girl/Female
Tamil
Silent
Male
Greek
(Σιληνός) Variant spelling of Greek Seilenos, SILENOS means "moving to-and-fro in the wine trough." In mythology, this was the name of one of the Ipotanes/Sileni, a race of beings having the ears, tail, and legs of a horse. They were followers of the wine god Dionysos and were said to have been ugly drunkards. Silenus was the oldest and wisest of the Ipotanes, possessing the knowledge and power of prophecy.
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
A Siren
Boy/Male
Tamil
Silent
Girl/Female
Hindu
Silent
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Sienna, SIENA means "reddish-orange."Â
Girl/Female
Greek
Named for the Sirens.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Silken, Talent
Male
Norwegian
Norwegian form of Greek SimÅn, SIMEN means "hearkening."
Female
Chamoru
, siren.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Selina, SALENA means "moon."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Eileen, ILENE means "beauty, radiance."Â
Female
Greek
(Σελήνη) Greek myth name of a moon goddess, SELENE means "moon."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Aileen, AILENE means "little Eve."Â
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
Silence; Silent Girl
Boy/Male
Hindu
Silken, Talent
Male
German
Frisian and Scandinavian form of German Eckhard, EILERT means "strong edge."
SILENT READING
SILENT READING
Boy/Male
Indian
God Krishna
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Lyndon, LINDEN means "lime tree hill." Or from the vocabulary word, linden, meaning "lime tree."
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Allah-inspired peace of mind
Girl/Female
Muslim
Worshipper, Devotee
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord of fragrance
Female
English
(ΊÏις) Greek name IRIS means "rainbow." In mythology, this is the name of a rainbow goddess. In use by the English as a feminine name, and by the Jews as a unisex name.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Servant of the praiseworthy one.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Male
Swiss
, man or hero of God.
Female
English
Latin form of Greek Kharis, CHARIS means "charm, grace, kindness."Â In mythology, this is the singular form of plural Kharites (Charites), a name for the goddesses of charm.
SILENT READING
SILENT READING
SILENT READING
SILENT READING
SILENT READING
n.
State of being silent; silence.
v. t.
To render silken or silklike.
interj.
Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
a.
Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.
n.
See Splent.
interj.
Be silent; be still; hush; silence.
v. t.
One of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
v. i.
To be violent; to act violently.
n.
That which is silent; a time of silence.
v. t.
A splint bone.
a.
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.
a.
Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
adv.
In a silent manner.
n. & v.
See Slant.
n.
The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
n.
See Siren, 6.
interj.
Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.
a.
Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."
v. t.
Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
n.
See Splent coal, below.