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Methods | Definitions |
A phonics approach | - Phonics-based reading instruction is a methodology for teaching young children to read and spell words. The teacher introduces a series of spelling rules and teaches the child to apply phonetics (how the letter combinations sound out loud) to decode words based on their spellings. Phonics attempts to break written language down into small and simple components. - The teacher asks learners to match individual letters of the alphabet with their specific English pronunciations. |
A basal reader approach | - Children should be taught to read through careful control and sequencing of the language and the sounds that they are exposed to. - A Basal Reader is a type of textbook that teaches reading skills which are aimed at native children. - It is a technique used to teach children reading skills in a specific order. Skills may be revisited many times increasing complexity. - Commonly called “reading books” or “readers”, basal readers are short stories, including individual books for learners, a teacher’s edition, workbooks, assessments and activities for a specific reading level. This approach teaches reading through a series of books that have been written especially for that purpose. |
A key-word approach | - The keyword method is a mnemonic. The keyword method, a valuable technique used to memorize the meaning behind vocabulary words, is when a person uses what a word sounds like to visualize something memorable that will help them later recall the definition.
<Example> Let's look at the word, 'aplomb.' This is a common middle-school vocabulary word. It means, 'coolness and composure under strain.'
When fantasy character Harry Potter faced the villain, he remained aplomb despite the fact that he knew he was about to die.
A student studying this vocabulary word could say that 'aplomb' sounds a bit like 'a plum' and they could visualize a cold plum straight from the refrigerator that remained cool and composed even though it was underneath a lot of other fruits and vegetables ('under strain').
When it comes time for their vocabulary test, the word 'aplomb' will carry with it this visualization, which will trigger the definition. |
A whole language approach | - In the simplest terms, “whole language” is a method of teaching children to read by recognizing words as whole pieces of language. Proponents of the whole language philosophy believe that language should not be broken down into letters and combinations of letters and “decoded.” Instead, they believe that language is a complete system of making meaning, with words functioning in relation to each other in context. - Learners read authentic texts from various genres and deal with real texts and functions of literacy. |
A sight word method | - Sight words instruction is an excellent supplement to phonics general. Phonics is a method for learning to read in general, while sight words instruction increases a child’s familiarity with the high frequency words he will encounter most often, - Using flash cards or other techniques to help children quickly identify words commonly used such as of, and, and the. - The goal is to recognize high frequency words and sy the word in less than a second. The student shouldn’t have to analyze the word. - Recognizing high frequency words help students read efficiently. |
[Basal Readers vs Graded Readers]
Question: Both basal readers and graded readers are books that contain simpler reading materials to help people develop reading skills. But what exactly is the difference between them?
Answer:
A Basal Reader is a type of textbook that teaches reading skills in a specific order, assesses those skills, and provides coaching for those skills through several grade levels. Skills may be revisited many times with increasing complexity. This is also known as scaffolding. What these definitions don't mention is that basal readers are intended for native speakers who are learning to read, typically children. Basal readers, which are aimed at children, don't always make interesting reading for adults who are learning a foreign language.
Graded readers, by contrast, are typically intended for people learning a foreign language, and therefore not necessarily for children. Graded readers are "easy reading" books used to support the extensive reading approach to teaching English as a second or foreign language, and other languages. (...) Graded readers can be adapted from literary classics, films, biographies, travel books, etc., or they can be original works written at a less demanding language level. (...) Graded readers are written with specific levels of grammatical complexity in mind and with vocabulary that is limited by frequency headword counts.
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