Language VS Phonics
Learning a word first or learning an alphabet first?
Language VS Phonics
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Learning Language
Teaching your baby a language which emphasizes the recognition of whole words.
Supporters of the whole language approach think children's literature, writing activities, and communication activities can be used across the curriculum to teach reading.
Whole language is not a systemized approach, but rather a philosophy that assumes that reading and general language competencies are acquired through integrated use instead of through learning separate, finite skills, such as word attack, comprehension, and vocabulary. It relies heavily on the use of literature and trade books, rather than basal readers, and usually involves integrated thematic studies and the extended use of writing.
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Learning Phonics
Teaching your baby phonics which emphasizes the development of the skills needed to decode words.
Backers of phonics instruction insist that a direct, sequential mode of teaching enables students to master reading in an organized way.
A phoneme is the sound that a letter or a group of letters makes, when pronounced aloud. The idea behind the learning method "Phonics" is that children learn to read aloud, sounding out these speech sounds, or utterances. Teaching your child this method or learning to read can be extremely effective.
If you teach your child to read aloud and explain why he has mispronounced something, he will learn the basic building blocks of reading and spelling.
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Which is better?
Traditionally, children were taught phonics - that is, they would learn the alphabet
and the sounds made by the individual letters followed by letter combinations.
This would enable a child to sound out any word she encountered. From the time
reading first appeared in American schools until the second quarter of the 20th
century, this is how reading was taught.
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In the 1930s, the whole?language movement was born. Advocates abhorred the
drudgery of phonics and spelling drills. Instead, they said, children should be raised
to love reading and literature. Teachers should emphasize the meanings of words
over the need to sound out each letter, with phonics "mini lessons" given on an ad
hoc basis. As the new movement gained ground, phonics lessons were
progressively eliminated from American schools.
In the 1950s, an unusual book appeared on the US best seller list and stayed
there for 37 weeks. Written by Rudolf Flesch, Why Johnny Can't Read shocked
parents and teachers by pointing the full finger of blame for the country's falling
literacy rates at whole language instruction. Flesch's book describes the
nightmarish scenario of a classroom of children who must rely entirely on memory
and guesswork in order to read.
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The child pays no attention to the word, but notices some other condition which
serves as a cue. For example, a child who had successfully read the word "children"
on a flash card was unable to read it in a book. He insisted he had never seen the
word before. He was presented with a flash card of the word and was asked how
he recognized the word as "children." He replied, "By the smudge over in the
corner."
Phonics and whole language learning: a balanced approach to beginning reading
Children cannot learn to read without an understanding of phonics. All children must know their ABCs and the sounds that letters make in order to communicate verbally. The question in early childhood programs is not whether to teach "phonics" or "whole language learning," but how to teach phonics in context rather than in isolation so that children make connections between letters, sounds, and meaning. Phonics should not be taught as a separate "subject" with emphasis on drills and rote memorization. The key is a balanced approach and attention to each child's individual needs.
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