tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929940323242620649.post1859714498481988692..comments2024-01-04T15:23:05.055+08:00Comments on Luqman's Dyslexia Blog: YouTube videos on why kids shut down from learning to readLuqman Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13089314934834818707noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929940323242620649.post-69890912955538668232020-03-21T04:54:36.521+08:002020-03-21T04:54:36.521+08:00Thank you for your comment. (in future add a pseud...Thank you for your comment. (in future add a pseudonym).<br />This swing between phonics and whole word has been going on for decades.<br />What is the cause of this swing? It is the teachers all over the world not teaching kids the correct pronunciation of phonemes.<br />Most kids learn to read in English by analysis and not by phonics.<br />However, many smart kids leave school as illiterate because of confusion which is created by teaching the wrong pronunciation of phonemes. Luqman Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13089314934834818707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929940323242620649.post-52248925349334536602020-03-21T02:06:37.694+08:002020-03-21T02:06:37.694+08:00Almost a hundred years ago, in the 1920s, public s...Almost a hundred years ago, in the 1920s, public schools started to switch from phonetic reading instruction to the whole language concept, which became fashionable as part of the constructivist movement. Suddenly America found itself having literacy problem.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOgqRTbgjxU<br /><br />Text version here: https://medium.com/@ReflectiveObserver/whole-language-a-bad-mouse-trap-89e38af776a4?source=friends_link&sk=f9d2d9903dc30a3dbfeb958eff8bae9bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929940323242620649.post-11908311883203783922020-03-19T15:33:44.914+08:002020-03-19T15:33:44.914+08:00Thank you very much for your insightful comment ma...Thank you very much for your insightful comment ma'am. <br />I wish you well.Luqman Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13089314934834818707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929940323242620649.post-22347855270444304412020-03-19T14:16:41.388+08:002020-03-19T14:16:41.388+08:00Listening to you and the 5 videos has been an eye ...Listening to you and the 5 videos has been an eye opener.<br />Thank you for sharing. I will be following you and adopt the<br />method you share.Lena Loganathannoreply@blogger.com