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Peer reviewedStanback, Margaret L. – Annals of Dyslexia, 1992
This analysis of 17,602 frequently used words found that 616 orthographic rimes occurred in rime families as building blocks of almost all the 43,041 word syllables. Of these, 436 were both regular and consistent in pronunciation, and only 86 had less than a 90 percent level of consistency. Results suggest the usefulness of rime units for teaching…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Language Patterns, Phonology
Peer reviewedGaskins, Irene W.; And Others – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1988
A program is described that successfully teaches decoding to poor readers of average or above intelligence in grades 1 through 8. The teacher-directed, supplemental program guides students to become aware of language patterns and consistencies and to apply a decoding process of using known language patterns to figure out unknown words. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools
Fischer-Kohn, Elaine – 1986
The approaches used for reading instruction in the United States and in the People's Republic of China are different and incompatible. In China, English reading is taught intensively, through close-reading or detailed oral analysis of brief texts and with great attention to individual words and phrases. This "bottom-up" processing style,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Education, Contrastive Linguistics
