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 fA9G8P001038; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:08:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:08:26 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <000f01c16938$63de90a0$b75bf9d8@computer> 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: "Karen Emerson" <kemerson@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3756] Re: Introduction X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1547 Lines: 35 Hi Vicki, I am a student of Library and Informational Science and I am taking a class in literacy. I am not real familiar with different programs to learn reading. Can you tell me a little about Alphabetic Phonics and do you know where I can get more information about it? Thanks, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki Alford" <vicki.alford@san-marcos.isd.tenet.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 7:47 AM Subject: [NIFL-LD:3755] Introduction > Hello, > I am new to the list and should introduce myself. My name is Vicki and I > work with deaf and hard of hearing students in the 7th-12th grade levels. I > have been teaching deaf and hard of hearing students for 9 years. Because > my students' greatest deficit is in reading, I decided to go back to school > and get my Masters in Reading and become a Reading Specialist. Through this > work I have learned that my students' reading problems stemmed from a lack > of phonological and phonemic awareness, and a lack of knowledge regarding > the alphabetic principal. Research supporst this....the better deaf readers > use some kind of phonological recoding while reading, just like skilled > hearing readers! Because of this, I have gone back and become trained in > Alphabetic Phonics. I have been using it for two years with my students and > it has worked wonders! I would be happy to answer any questions you have > about deafness and reading, and I look forward to learning from ya'll! > Thanks, > Vicki >
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