The Probability of Reading Failure in I.T.A. and T.O.

Downing, John

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Publication Date: 1977-Dec

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The Probability of Reading Failure in I.T.A. and T.O.

Downing, John

Reading, v11 n3 p3-12 Dec 1977

Discusses the hazards that the English language contains for children learning to read, reports the Bullock Report's recommendation to judge I.T.A. on its merits, and describes research findings suggesting that the probability of reading failure is considerably greater when T.O. is used than when I.T.A. is used. (GT)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Foreign Countries, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Primary Education, Reading Difficulty, Reading Failure, Reading Instruction, Reading Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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