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Is anyone else watching 'B is for Book'
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maggiewinchester | Report | 5 Jul 2016 21:39 |
I'm in despair. Talk about taking the fun out of learning :-| |
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Rambling | Report | 5 Jul 2016 21:50 |
Couldn't agree more Maggie :-) |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 5 Jul 2016 22:07 |
My eldest would have NEVER learnt to read this way - she's dyslexic :-( |
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Allan | Report | 6 Jul 2016 00:36 |
Talk about the wheel turning :-( |
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PatinCyprus | Report | 6 Jul 2016 07:09 |
I learned to read by phonetics in the early 50s. All of my class of 48 children could read and write by the end of the first year. |
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supercrutch | Report | 6 Jul 2016 10:52 |
My nephews were caught up in the phonetic learning experiment and it was a disaster. |
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PatinCyprus | Report | 6 Jul 2016 11:28 |
Funny I thought phonetics was the old fashioned way as my parents were taught the same as I was. That covers the years 1921 - 1956. Saw the article some time ago of the decision to return to phonetics. |
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SuffolkVera | Report | 6 Jul 2016 11:33 |
I am a bit confused here Supercrutch. I thought phonics/phonetics was the old fashioned way of teaching reading. It is certainly how I learnt in the 1940s. |
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PatinCyprus | Report | 6 Jul 2016 11:42 |
Same here Vera my son was in that group and I had to fight his school who refused to believe he was behind in reading. We moved and on his reading assessment at the new school was 18 months behind his age group. With the teacher's help,so he was unaware what was happening, we got him 3 months advanced for his age in 4 months. |
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supercrutch | Report | 6 Jul 2016 13:36 |
How is English phonetic? |
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supercrutch | Report | 6 Jul 2016 13:47 |
Found the teaching method my nephews suffered: |
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PatinCyprus | Report | 6 Jul 2016 14:02 |
Those are learnt later Supercrutch when you are able to adjust but the basics were all learnt via phonetics. |
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PatinCyprus | Report | 6 Jul 2016 14:06 |
Just worked it out |
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SuffolkVera | Report | 6 Jul 2016 15:40 |
As children we didn't know we were being taught phonics. I agree with what Pat said. We just learnt the basics on the lines of c-a-t, d-o-g etc and the rest got added in gradually without us realising it. At least, when faced with a new word we could attempt to work it out. We had a class of about 40 and as far as I recall everyone left infant school able to read and, more importantly, most of us enjoyed reading. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 6 Jul 2016 17:16 |
I too learnt by phonetics in the 40s and always loved reading. I taught our daughter by phonetics before she went to school, when she started she was a few books ahead of most of her class, although that evened out. Son had no inclination to learn to read before school so i didn't force him. By the age of seven they both reached the same reading level. Not sure how they were taught, this was in the late sixties for daughter (born 1961 and early seventies for son (born 1967). I seem to remember they were shown words on cards and had to learn them. They both grew up loving books. |
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Lyndi | Report | 6 Jul 2016 18:09 |
My granddaughter (just coming to the end of her reception year and was 5 last month) is learning to read using the Read Write Inc method and it seems to be working well for her. The school did sessions to show parents (and the want to be in the know grandparents ;-) ) how it worked, and they promise no child will be left behind. If they are struggling they are given extra help at this stage instead of slipping through the net. Time will tell how well it works for all but J now loves to read me a story before I read her one :-) |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 6 Jul 2016 18:58 |
It wasn't just the 'one size fits all' attitude - it was the way the children were almost 'hot housed'. Quite a few said, after a while, that they didn't want to read - it was too difficult etc etc. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 6 Jul 2016 20:49 |
I have yet to view this programme, which I recorded... I will view with interest following your comments. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 6 Jul 2016 21:31 |
It's not THAT sort of phonics Gwyn - they learn to spell the words properly - it's just the speed they seem to have to learn them - and the inevitable overlapping of learning the letter sounds and words. |
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