1. A method of teaching reading, said method comprising arranging a plurality of image areas containing selected reading material into a series of vertically spaced apart, horizontally extending lines, each containing a plurality of said image areas in horizontally spaced apart relation within said line, with said reading material lying within said image areas being displayed in a predetermined first type size, optically changing the apparent type size of said material within said areas to a substantially reduced size in relation to said first size, presenting said reduced size material to the reader and directing the eyes of the reader to focus and fix upon said matter in said image area, and subsequently along a succession of such image areas in a predetermined sequence of eye movement along said lines, directing the eyes of the reader to repeat said sequence of eye movement across a succession of similar lines lying respectively below the line just read, determining that the reader has fixed upon and understood the contents of the major portion of said image areas, and thereafter presenting the content of said image areas to the eyes of the reader without optical reduction in said predetermined, first type size, whereby the content of said image areas appears initially to lie within an area of reduced angular lateral span, and subsequently appears to lie within an image area of increased angular lateral span.
1. A method of teaching reading, said method comprising arranging a plurality of image areas containing selected reading material into a series of vertically spaced apart, horizontally extending lines, each containing a plurality of said image areas in horizontally spaced apart relation within said line, with said reading material lying within said image areas being displayed in a predetermined first type size, optically changing the apparent type size of said material within said areas to a substantially reduced size in relation to said first size, presenting said reduced size material to the reader and directing the eyes of the reader to focus and fix upon said matter in said image area, and subsequently along a succession of such image areas in a predetermined sequence of eye movement along said lines, directing the eyes of the reader to repeat said sequence of eye movement across a succession of similar lines lying respectively below the line just read, determining that the reader has fixed upon and understood the contents of the major portion of said image areas, and thereafter presenting the content of said image areas to the eyes of the reader without optical reduction in said predetermined, first type size, whereby the content of said image areas appears initially to lie within an area of reduced angular lateral span, and subsequently appears to lie within an image area of increased angular lateral span. 3. A method as defined in claim 1 wherein determining that said reader has fixed upon and understood said contents comprises comparing the written contents of said image areas with words read aloud by said reader.