The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not involved with the study. Gains from UFLI are equivalent to 8 months of ...
The first key skill in phonics is to learn the letters and their ... The other key skill is segmenting, which is the opposite of blending: listen to a word to hear which sounds make it up ...
from “The Literacy Myth” to “Searching for Literacy,” document an ever-greater awareness that young people learn to read in their own blending of the oral, visual, phonics, and phonetics.