Breaking the Cycle of Failure for Students with Reading Problems
The whole language approach, or the vocabulary method of teaching English, leads to a failure cycle or at least to inadequate results in a significant percentage of cases when expenditure in time and funds is considered.
The solution must lie in a method which utilises the convincing research findings that awareness of the speech sounds of the alphabet is the fundamental process to be acquired before reading can begin. At the same time any new method of instruction must take into account, what is for some students, the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of spelling and pronunciation irregularities of English. The trialing of the Reading for Sure method over the last ten years has shown how this can be accomplished.
Drawing on scientific research studies, Reading for Sure was established in 1990, on the premise that the use of a simple pronunciation code comprised of 24 diacritical marks, placed above or below the line of printed text, produced instant success in the reading of English. The unique diacritical marks, which denote each of the vowel sounds in English speech, eliminate the ambiguity inherent in the written language. The consistency of the code overcomes the confusion and anxiety that many students experience when confronted with English text. This innovation can re-motivate the failing and despondent student . It remains the basis for the sustained effectiveness of the Reading for Sure method.
Language is stimulated by the method, which uses only oral reading. The discovery of new words in text, precisely pronounced, becomes the vehicle for discovering meaning and for extending comprehension of the language as a whole. The active discovery process translates to writing skills in which the student accesses the pronunciation code for acquiring correct spelling.
The method has been trialled in private clinics and schools in Australia and overseas with consistently positive results for 98% of students.
Please feel free to ask for more information.
Julia Solomon
World Literacy International
The solution must lie in a method which utilises the convincing research findings that awareness of the speech sounds of the alphabet is the fundamental process to be acquired before reading can begin. At the same time any new method of instruction must take into account, what is for some students, the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of spelling and pronunciation irregularities of English. The trialing of the Reading for Sure method over the last ten years has shown how this can be accomplished.
Drawing on scientific research studies, Reading for Sure was established in 1990, on the premise that the use of a simple pronunciation code comprised of 24 diacritical marks, placed above or below the line of printed text, produced instant success in the reading of English. The unique diacritical marks, which denote each of the vowel sounds in English speech, eliminate the ambiguity inherent in the written language. The consistency of the code overcomes the confusion and anxiety that many students experience when confronted with English text. This innovation can re-motivate the failing and despondent student . It remains the basis for the sustained effectiveness of the Reading for Sure method.
Language is stimulated by the method, which uses only oral reading. The discovery of new words in text, precisely pronounced, becomes the vehicle for discovering meaning and for extending comprehension of the language as a whole. The active discovery process translates to writing skills in which the student accesses the pronunciation code for acquiring correct spelling.
The method has been trialled in private clinics and schools in Australia and overseas with consistently positive results for 98% of students.
Please feel free to ask for more information.
Julia Solomon
World Literacy International
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