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Sngriffi

I have made comments about whether the Cognitive Skills/Styles section makes any sense on the article talk page. I don't see how this is a skill or style, this is a teaching method. Research we are reading in class addresses what skilled readers do, but that seems irrelevant because this article is about learning to read.

Paula Marentette (talk) 23:52, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Do you think that the first two references (or actually any of the first 4) are key to "learning to read" they are no doubt key for making central points about the reading process in general, perhaps even in skilled readers, but are they the best citations for "learning to read"? For example, do they in any way present or clarify the first sentence, second paragraph about phonics? What about reference 4 that is focussed on Chinese reading - is it actually about phonics?

the sentence "These patters are then practiced using engaging stories." strikes me as slightly less than neutral. Ideally that is true, but whether or not that is what happens is a different question. Historically, "decodable text" might not have been all that engaging. So unless you are prepared to cite something, I'd rethink that little bit.

This sentence "For struggling readers, traditional phonics instruction can have the unintended consequence of promoting dysfluency." surprises me. Does help understand phonics. Is the claim actually true. What follows is a very good description of coarticulation, but why focus on the struggle with the implcation that struggling readers aren't aided by phonics. This is not true given the literature we have read.

Can you link to anything about rimes or syllable structure in that portion?

Your third paragraph on the importance of phonics is great, but will, of course, need citations. Also is it fair to say skilled readers are "mentally sounding out words" or is there a more accurate phrase for this?

I assume this is all in progress and I'm perhaps commenting on a very early draft. Let me know when you'd like me to have another look.

Paula Marentette (talk) 18:53, 29 October 2011 (UTC)