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In a 2012 proposal, it has been claimed that reading can be acquired naturally if print is constantly available at an early age in the same manner as spoken language.

If an appropriate form of written text is made available before formal schooling begins, reading should be learned inductively, emerge naturally, and with no significant negative consequences.

This proposal advances knowledge and understanding because it challenges the commonly held belief that written language requires formal instruction and schooling.

Its success would change current views of literacy and schooling.

Using developments in behavioral science and technology, an interactive system ( Technology Assisted Reading Acquisition, TARA ) would enable young pre-literate children to accurately perceive and learn properties of written language by simply exposure to the written form.