Friday, November 09, 2007

We think holistic

AMAZING, HUH?

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at CmabrigdeUinervtisy,
it deosn't mttaer in wahtoredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olnyiprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist andlsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a total mses and you cansitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs isbcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raedervey lteter by istlef,
but the wrod as awlohe.

Amzanig huh?

4 Comments:

Blogger Elka said...

I had heard of this, but still it is amazing yes, I could easily read your text, incredible.

Friday, November 09, 2007 4:42:00 PM  
Blogger Elka said...

So we don't have to check spelling anylonger in our learning material? Is that what you are saying ;-)

Friday, November 09, 2007 4:43:00 PM  
Blogger Tatiana said...

this is a promissing conclusion for a non native speaker like me :)

Monday, November 12, 2007 1:35:00 PM  
Blogger Tatiana said...

actually I think the principle can be applied in a broader fashion: people read between lines, given start and end points set up properly and context is shared. Something one can build up on in course design as well

Monday, November 12, 2007 1:37:00 PM  

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