In the years following L. Ron Hubbard's breakthrough on the importance of misunderstood words, he developed a considerable body of technology to enable an individual to deal with misunderstood words or symbols he encounters.
Mr. Hubbard developed a procedure called Word Clearing. Word Clearing is part of the broader field of Study Technology and in itself has many uses and applications. Word Clearing can be defined as the act of clearing away missing or incorrect definitions of words and the barriers to their use and thereby restoring knowledge.
Mr. Hubbard developed nine separate methods of Word Clearing and several related technologies for handling the effects of misunderstood words. Each method provides a unique procedure for discovering non-comprehension, identifying the underlying misunderstood words and then helping the student come to full understanding of them.
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Mr. Hubbard's Study Technology enables students to understand everything they read, providing them with the foundation for a successful life.
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Moreover, tests L. Ron Hubbard conducted in the late 1970s revealed that in American college graduates the problem went even deeper than he envisioned. When examined on common materials they were reading for pleasure, these educated people showed they did not understand much of what they had read. While they could pronounce the words, they either could not define them at all, or had a superficial understanding of their meanings that fell far short of full comprehension. As many of the words they did not understand were the small common words used in dictionaries to define terms, their ability to clear up these definitions was blocked.
How do you convey the meaning of a word to a student who does not even understand the terms you are using in attempting to convey that meaning?
Realising that this crisis in understanding and the cultural decline it foreshadowed required a precise approach, he devised a system of defining the small common words of the language in a way that undercuts the phenomena of the misunderstood word and permits the student — any student — to achieve full conceptual understanding of written and spoken communication.
Mr. Hubbard next drew on his half century as a professional writer and refined the subject of grammar. In the book The New Grammar, he simplifies and clarifies the entire construction of the English language and shows that grammar is the very foundation of meaningful communication.
Taken as a whole, Mr. Hubbard's revolutionary work in the field of study provides a platform from which a desperately needed educational renaissance can be launched. It is available to anyone interested in improving conditions in homes, communities and nations.
