Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fA5DJH006515; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 08:19:17 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 08:19:17 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3BE68B15.E4AA0CE1@san-marcos.isd.tenet.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Vicki Alford <vicki.alford@san-marcos.isd.tenet.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3722] Re: reading IS comprehension X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) Status: O Content-Length: 1119 Lines: 28 The purpose of using the nonsense syllables to ensure that the students are decoding and not sight reading. AWilder106@aol.com wrote: > Tom: > > Comprehension may be what we aim for, but the problem of the tax manual still > exists. I can read the words fine, but I hire an accountant. An accountant > knows what the words mean, knows the CONCEPTS they stand for, USES them > everyday, many many times. > > Comprehension is lots bigger than being able to do the reading--technical > variety. The words in the tax manual are surely in context--the > comprehension eludes me, but not the accountant. Tax "discourse" is for a > group of people who use these words among themselves and know what they mean. > > > Tom, it's being in the context of MY life experience that counts. New > knowledge that sticks, sticks onto old knowledge that I already have. > > One thing that bothers me about the Wilson, and I like the Wilson, is the > nonsense syllables. I have students who can read them, but I think they > waste time especially for students who find reading hard anyway. Give them > the real stuff. > > Andrea
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