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Earle, Gentry A.; Sayeski, Kristin L. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2017
Letter-sound knowledge is a strong predictor of a student's ability to decode words. Approximately 50% of English words can be decoded by following a sound-symbol correspondence rule alone and an additional 36% are spelled with only one error. Many students with reading disabilities or who struggle to learn to read have difficulty with phonology,…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Teaching Methods, Decoding (Reading)
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Villanueva de Debat, Elba – English Teaching Forum, 2006
This article discusses different approaches to reading instruction for EFL learners based on theoretical frameworks. The author starts with the bottom-up approach to reading instruction, and briefly explains phonics and behaviorist ideas that inform this instructional approach. The author then explains the top-down approach and the new cognitive…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Phonics