Frank Smith (psycholinguist)

This article is about Frank Smith the psycholinguist. For other persons, see Frank Smith (disambiguation).

Frank Smith (b. London, England, 1928–d. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 2020) was a British psycholinguist[1][2] recognized for his contributions in linguistics and cognitive psychology.[3] He was an essential contributor to research on the nature of the reading process together with researchers such as George Armitage Miller, Kenneth S. Goodman, Paul A. Kolers, Jane W. Torrey, Jane Mackworth, Richard Venezky, Robert Calfee, and Julian Hochberg.[4] Smith and Goodman are founders of whole language approach for reading instruction.[5] He was the author of numerous books.

  1. ^ Cooper, CR and Petrosky, AR. "A Psycholinguistic View of the Fluent Reading Process". Journal of Reading, 20(3):185
  2. ^ Stager, Gary S. "Meet Frank Smith". Retrieved 27 November 2010
  3. ^ Walker, L. "Networks and Paradigms in English Language Arts in Canadian Faculties of Education". Canadian Journal of Education, 15(2):128
  4. ^ Cooper, CR and Petrosky, AR. "A Psycholinguistic View of the Fluent Reading Process". Journal of Reading, 20(3):186
  5. ^ Groff, Patrick. "Research versus the Psycholinguistic Approach to Beginning Reading". The Elementary School Journal, 81(1):53