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It’s the most basic hurdle in reading, and the strategies a teacher gives can make the difference in a student’s literacy ...
The idea that the “science” in reading instruction only supports phonics instruction has been “hard to dislodge,” said Maria ...
US schools are going all in on phonics, but research shows that approach won’t work for every child. A blended literacy ...
Grammarians love to grumble about texting and social media, convinced that every “u” instead of “you,” every “tho” or “luv,” is another nail in the coffin of the English language. Some say that ...
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Pilots and air traffic controllers saying "tree," "fife," and "niner" instead of three, five, and nine. What is that about?
Such pronunciation overlap, particularly after sound changes deleting final vowels on words became widespread, created ...
Liz Plampton explained how to change the pronunciation of certain English words with one sound, using the "t" in better, ...
It’s out with the new and in with the old again for students in South Dakota’s English and Language Arts classrooms.
In the summer of 1859, a year before his election to the U.S. presidency, Abraham Lincoln received a curious letter in the ...
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Students who aren’t native English speakers need a more flexible approach to reading, the group said. Reading programs that are heavily focused on phonics are too narrow and confusing for students who ...