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Reading is based on auditory sequential analysis and synthesis of the sounds represented in printed words.
Two developmental prerequisite skills are necessary.
The first is the ability to blend single sounds.
The second is the capacity to blend two combinations of syllables.
Easy2Read2006TM offers a method of mastering these, which are essential to reading. This method encourages an analytic attack in deciphering words.
The analytic attack consists of breaking up words into sound components, and then blending the sounds to utter the whole word. It is based on the premise that correct pronunciation of words is the basis of accurate, independent reading.
Research shows that where a word in reading is pronounced correctly, it can be matched with ‘stored’ knowledge of the same word heard in speech. In this way the reader recognizes the word.
In other methods such as the ‘whole word approach’ or ‘global method,’ word attack is based on recognizing the whole word by remembering it from prior reading, or by guessing it from understanding the meaning of the sentence or passage of writing.
Evidence (NCVER Australia May 2006 Briefing Reading between the lines: Summing up adult literacy and numeracy research ) suggests that just over fifty percent of students are unable to learn English effectively by relying on sight recognition and context clues. Our illiteracy rate is increasing.
This inability is often the result of the irregularity within the English language itself as the following example illustrates with the 10 ways of sounding the letter combination ‘a’ :
| cat = a | any = e | bandage = i | what = o | umbrella = u |
| ape = AY / A | ask = ar | mental = oo | water = or | ago = uh |
or the 14 ways of sounding the letter combination ‘ea’:
| earth = er | head = e | bream = i | great = A | meal = E |
| bureau = O | beautiful = U | heart = ar | ears = ear | create = E / A |
| react = E / a | idea = E / u | theatre = E / uh |
Or with the 6 ways of sounding the letter combination 'ough':
| bough = ow | cough = off | rough = uff |
| though = oh | thought = or | through = oo |
Apart from its general effect as an initial or remedial reading program, the confusion engendered by such ambiguity can be corrected by the diligent application of this simple method.
Easy2Read2006® is a decoding system using phonics that takes the stress and guess out of reading. It comes in hard copy - it includes instructions, activities and resources that you will need for your student to become a successful reader!