Approach has meaningful long-term benefits for disadvantaged pupils and those with English as an additional language,researchers sayTeaching children how to read using synthetic phonics results in meaningful long-term benefits for disadvantaged pupils from poorer backgrounds and those who do not absorb English as their first language, according to research.
The study by the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics (LSE) is the first large-scale analysis of the effects of using the method, or which teaches children to read by identifying and pronouncing sounds rather than individual letters.
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Source: theguardian.com