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 j3CCbEG14504; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:37:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:37:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20050412123442.84155.qmail@web52910.mail.yahoo.com> 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: Anita Landoll <amlandoll@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:4683] Re: Synthetic phonics a silver bullet? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 2433 Lines: 81 I would rather teach students to multi-sensorily decode the words they need to learn in order to read the material they need to read. Scientists theorize that in the brain of a natural reader, the words move through the decoding area of the brain into the auto recognition area. Once the reader gets enough useful words into the auto recognition area, then meaningful connections are made and can increase. So, I think that it is important to teach the student to "do the decoding" of meaningful words for her/himself, to see the "sound spelling." Then the written spelling makes sense, and can be added to the student's auto recognition. Anita --- John Nissen <jn@cloudworld.co.uk> 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 > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
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