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 j3CBLnG13838; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:21:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:21:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <425BAEBF.5080504@jhu.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: Mary Bowman-Kruhm <marybk@jhu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:4682] Re: Synthetic phonics a silver bullet? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 2032 Lines: 59 What is their definition of "reading"? And how was it tested? I have worked with too many students who sound out the words without even a vague sense of what they are "reading" or the background experiences to provide context. ==Marby John Nissen wrote: >Hi all, > >Please excuse the cross posting. > >A remarkable study in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, showed that 300 children, >taught synthetic phonics from the start, were over three years ahead of >their peers by age 11. The boys were as advanced with their reading as the >girls. The Commons Select Committee on Education and Skills reported on the >study on Wednesday, April 6, and the report was mentioned on BBC news and in >The Times (on the front page and in the Leader) the following day. This >report said that the government should review the National Literacy Strategy >in the light of the Clackmannanshire study, since currently around 17% of >pupils cannot not read by age 11 and this was a national disgrace. > >The Leader in the Times said that synthetic phonics was unlikely to be a >silver bullet; however the synthetic phonics method had everybody reading >within a short time, which is a silver bullet by my book. > >A few weeks ago, having read about the Clackmannanshire study which prompted >the report, I wrote about the implications for dyslexia, and how technology >can help, see: >http://www.cloudworld.co.uk/synthetic-phonics.htm. >Now, in the light of the committee report, I've just posted some notes on >our web site, see: >http://www.cloudworld.co.uk/teaching-synthetic-phonics.htm. > >Cheers from Chiswick, > >John Nissen, >director, Cloudworld Ltd > > >Cloudworld Ltd - http://www.cloudworld.co.uk >maker of the assistive reader, WordAloud. >Tel: +44 208 742 3170 Fax: +44 208 742 0202 >Email: info@cloudworld.co.uk > > > > -- Mary Bowman-Kruhm, Ed.D. Field Experience Coord., Special Education Johns Hopkins University, School of Professional Studies in Business & Education Email: MaryBK@jhu.edu JHU voice mail: 301-294-7046
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