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Find out how it works!

 

The Solomon Method is a comprehensive literacy model for teaching the English language.

It begins with Reading for Sure...

...the EFFECTIVE WAY to Learn English!

What Causes a Reading Disorder?

Poor or delayed reading occurs when the reader has not learned to analyse the sounds that make up the spoken word. They see the word as a whole and ‘picture’ it, rather than pronounce it.

When this tendency remains the pupil’s dominant strategy for recording words after the age of six, it indicates a delay in neurological development, or an unsuitable instruction for achieving the process of reading.

Unique Reading Device

Boy using reading device One of our students using a specially designed screener which covers the word and forces the student to analyse and sequence the separate sounds.

Reading without pronouncing is the major cause of reading delay. English is a difficult language
to pronounce...

Children learn to guess or memorise instead of pronouncing new words.

After a while guessing and memory fail with unfamiliar words. The pupil has no strategy for working out the accurate pronunciation of a word... ...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.

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.

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.

How is the Reading for Sure pronunciation system made easier than the dictionary system of pronunciation?

  • 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.

Where to next :: Help your own child

 

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Reading For Sure system teaching kit

We have developed a new site specifically for Home Schoolers. If you are teaching your own child at home, you should go to this site for more information: Literacy For Sure