On the one side stand the proponents of phonics who believe the best way to teach children to read is by instructing them in the use of decoding, or "sounding out- words. ... The phonetic technique involves teaching "phonological awareness,"" the ability to deal explicitly and segmentally with sound units smaller than the syllable (Stanovich, 1993, cited in Sensenbaugh). This method points to the 44 sounds represented by the English alphabetic construct and how the combination of these letters blend together to form individual words Phonics and Whole Language Instruction (Ponnuru, 199...

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This sounds like good advice at a time when uninterrupted attention to a long stretch of text is an increasingly rare experience for many people. ... However, one of the problems that our research confronted is that a single book or story offers few opportunities to learn new words through multiple encounters because the needed repetitions simply do not occur. ...

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During the reading workshop, I will first give a book talk then a mini-lesson. ... We will also discuss what I read and what type of book it is so that the children know. ... The readers' notebook consist of five sections; the reading list, the reading interest list, books to read list, the letters, and guided reading/book club. ...

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Students are measured by letter identification, word test, concepts of print, writing vocabulary, hearing sounds in words and text reading level. ... These books also offer the child a chance to gain experience in fluent reading; (2) Independent reading of the previous days book from which the teachers does a running record or miscue analysis of the student's reading performance. ... If a child shows difficulty during the writing portion of the thirty minute lesson, the teacher implements various strategies to aid the student's comprehension such as questioning methods; (4) Intro...

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REVIEW OF LITERATURE Listening: Traditionally, listening had always been considered a skill that was mastered before learning to read. When children consistently listened to the same pronounciation of letters, words, and sentences, they were expected to identify them later and make meaning. ...

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Abstract: The traditional way of teaching reading affects the students' reading ability. This paper analyses its disadvantages and gives some suggestions and measures from different aspects. They are vocabulary, reading habits, reading skills, outside reading and also the psychology of the current s...

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