F-07.03 Get Visual Meaning of Symbols & Signs with Images (+ Text)

What’s the Point? Book One: Beginning to Read for Meaning. Part 1: “The Point of Symbols & Signs,” pages 7-24 18 pages Who It’s For: Language & Reading Teachers & Learners Who Want to Start a (Reading / Writing) Course a Little Differently—with Images. Potential Creators of Symbols & Signs.  Why You Need It:  Up until recently, the term reading has mostly meant “getting meaning from alphabetic letters in words plus numbers and other symbols in connected text.”  Even so, more and more meaning is being conveyed before and beyond the textual.  Here’s a (relatively complete) presentation of the processes and info involved in interpreting “Symbols & Signs.”                        What You’ll / They’ll Do:   [1]  On the part-opening page, read about what symbols most often do (how they function).  Consider the many examples by telling their meanings.  Do the same for (the symbols on) the typical everyday signs that follow.  If it matters, think about the differences be