[etni] Re: Fw: Once again reading!

Hi,
I do not think there is such a thing as an "excellent coursebook", however, I 
believe that "Sound Reading 1" does a good job in teaching how to read. Of 
course, extra practice is necessary and warranted, but from the options 
available, I do believe that it is a good choice. The vocabulary taught is not 
difficult and the book abides by the phonetic method of reading. 
Hadas

 Best regards,
Hadas 

--- On Tue, 9/23/08, Tamar Nahari <tamarnahari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Tamar Nahari <tamarnahari@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [etni] Re: Fw: Once again reading!
To: ask@xxxxxxxx
Cc: "ETNI" <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 9:50 AM

Which "excellent coursebook" do you reccomend?


On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Ask_Etni <ask@xxxxxxxx> wrote:


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From: byk - byk@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Once again reading!

I hope I am not becoming a bore.  This is in reply to Sandra's very detailed
letter.  Thank you Sandra.

I have never taught 35 elementary school pupils to read (decode), but I have

taught a wild class of 15 dislectic 7th graders who could not decode at the
beginning of the year, and could, by the end of the year.  This included an
extremely dislectic boy, who could barley read Hebrew.  At the end of the

year he could read English better than Hebrew.

Now I am NOT talking about vocabulary, reading strategies, or language
acquisitiion, but ONLY about decoding.  It is this skill that brings about a
situation in which 22 out of 35 pupils need the dispensation of being read

to.

I DO believe that an excellent course book, based on phonics, with tons of
exercises, which also provides work for the quicker learner, can solve the
problem for most teachers and pupils.  The pupils must have a lot to occupy

them during the class time.  Learning to read and write takes time.
Vocabulary will be learned at the same time - slowly, which is good.  The
children who pick up languages easily will continue to do so, but everybody

in the class will have something to do, and will be learning.  At least
thenumber of pupils who need to be read to will be cut drastically.

Jennifer



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