Is Alphabet Knowledge Important in Learning to Read?
Yes! OK, then tell me why...
A child's ability to identify the letters of the alphabet is perhaps the single best predictor of subsequent reading success.
(Adams, 1990; Ehri & Roberts, 2006; Bond & Dykstra, 1967; Bishop, 2003)
The lack of alphabet knowledge is often regarded as the biggest obstacle preventing children to read.
(Snow, Burns & Griffin, 1998)
Alphabet knowledge is extremely helpful in enabling phonemic segmentation and in understanding the sound-symbol relationship in alphabetic written languages like English or Spanish.
(Hohn & Ehri, 1983; Storch & Whitehurst, 2002; Hammill, 2004)
Phonemic awareness is more highly related to learning to read than are tests of general intelligence, reading readiness, and listening comprehension.
(Stanovich, 1993)
(Stanovich, 1993)
Good readers must have a strategy to phonologically recode words.
(Ehri, 1983; Ehri & Roberts, 2006: NRP, 2000)
Children who fall behind in first grade reading have a one in eight chance of ever catching up to grade level.
(Juel,1994)
(Juel,1994)
Knowledge of the alphabet is essential in early reading instruction. It provides teachers and students with common language for discussing graphophonic relationships.
(Bradley & Stahl, 2001)
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-Mahatma Gandhi
-Mahatma Gandhi