Publisher's Synopsis
This text or supplement is appropriate for Reading Methods courses.
This text examines the role of phonics instruction in a balanced reading program and offers teaching techniques to accomplish it. It explains the spoken and written language base for word identification strategies, how strategies emerge, and how readers progress to the use of advanced, streamlined strategies. By shifting the focus from isolated letter-sound learning towards transferable strategies, this text reshapes the way future teachers will introduce word identification strategies into classroom activities.
