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Do you want answers to:



  • reading disorders
  • under achievement
  • lack of motivation
  • auditory processing problems
  • dyslexia
  • attention deficit
  • poor concentration
  • low self esteem at school
  • early achievers' programs

Begin...
by learning about the proven method for teaching English reading, spelling and comprehension. Look at a highly successful system for overcoming English literacy problems...

The Solomon Method™

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Conducted by clinical psychologist and education specialist Dr Julia Solomon

  

Unsolicited testimonials

5 April 2010

"Reading for Sure. Thank you so much.

My son R. ,now 25, attended your classes as a 10 year old. He was struggling with the basics in learning to read , was unhappy and his reading age was years behind. With your positive support and patience he was able to easily pronounce so many words that were alien to him previously. After just a few months he was reading very well using the code. We inserted the symbols above the words in the books at home and his confidence soared. He finished the programme and continued school. We didn’t think too much about it.

Until tonight. We were celebrating his birthday. Someone commented on reading. R. commented if it wasn’t for your programme he would still be battling. I thought that after initial tutoring with the code kids just move on and remember the words like everyone else.

R. says he still sees the code when he reads.

So once again thanks so much!!

Jane (full name and address supplied)

TESTIMONIAL

Reading for Sure Success!

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr Julia Solomon for the opportunity she has extended to my son - the chance to read!
"Reading for Sure" has changed his world, giving him a gift for life. His life, I believe, will be very different from what could have
otherwise been expected because he was identified by his speech pathologist
as being a perfect candidate for the "Reading for Sure" program. He is now
an avid reader where he originally could not decode a single word.
I am eternally grateful!
Yours sincerely
Jennifer W
23 March 2009
 

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Welcome to World Literacy International (WLI) founded and operated in Perth, Western Australia since 1990

Bringing together the components of The Solomon Method literacy model.

LEADING LITERACY with READING for SURE™     established 1990
FROM TODDLERS TO TERTIARY

 ENGLISH IS A LANGUAGE THAT MOST PEOPLE WANT TO READ

BUT MANY FIND DIFFICULT.

ARE YOU CURIOUS ABOUT A SYSTEM THAT ENABLES A CHILD, WHO HAS NEVER READ, TO PICK UP AN UNILLUSTRATED BOOK AND JUST READ!!!???

 

'Reading for Sure' focuses on the printed word and on how a sequence of letters makes the word: the word is not determined by the picture. Until a reader can separate the sounds and then blend them in the correct sequence to pronounce the word in print, reading accurately and independently will be delayed.      

After a while guessing and memory fail with unfamiliar words. The pupil has no strategy for working out the accurate pronunciation of a word...boy reading...which may have a combination of vowels that can be pronounced in innumerable ways. Another major obstacle in reading English is the unpredictable 'silent' letter.boy frustrated with reading
Without correct pronunciation there is no way of gaining meaning from the printed word. Reading then becomes a useless exercise and the pupil gives up.give up trying
guidecard for reading
Reading for Sure provides a simple, logical answer. It overprints existing English text with diacritical (pronunciation) marks.
In Reading for Sure these marks are adapted from universal dictionary pronunciation signs.
phonetic dictionary

How the Reading for Sure™ pronunciation system differs from other systems

  • There is one sign for each of the eighteen vowel sounds in English speech.
  • There is no ambiguity. One sign has only one sound.
  • A unique mark denotes the silent letter(s).
  • The pronunciation code is taught systematically by beginning with the six short vowels and their pronunciation signs.
  • Reading for Sure begins for each individual where reading success is a sure outcome.
  • Success is not dependent on memory.
  • It focuses on the process of reading which relies on blending separate speech sounds to make words - not on repetitive 'look and say'.
  • A sight word vocabulary is built up after continuous practice in the process of sound blending.
  • In sound blending irregular words (words where the letters differ from the pronunciation) the problems are overcome by the pupils themselves, without the use of a dictionary or another person giving the pronunciation.
  • There is no repetitive drill on word families or rules.
  • In Reading for Sure, reading skills are achieved through reading.