It is easy enough that countless preschool children have learned to read after a gentle introduction to sound-letter relationships and a few, simple phonics rules.

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Also, phonics lacks prosody, the music of language, the sounds that bring joy, mystery and meaning in the way words are spoken.

But it is the simple phonics texts, she said, that have done the most to build the students’ confidence, because over time, they are able to accurately read them aloud to their classmates.

A report on how young children in England should be taught to read is expected to endorse a phonics-based approach. As the final touches are put to the government-sponsored Rose review, the women ...

For decades there have been ongoing conversations, here and across the world, on the best way to teach children to read. There is a myriad of systems, research insights and at times, conflicting ...