A Balanced Approach to Teaching Reading to Dyslexic Students
In a recent LinkedIn post, reading consultant Brian Vieira argued strongly against sight word or whole word instruction, calling it the “worst way” to teach reading. He emphasized the superiority of phonics-based methods, pointing to the vast number of English words, the finite set of speech sounds, and scientific evidence favoring sound processing over memorization.
The above was posted on LinkedIn by Brian Vieira.
Brian Vieira President at Scholar Skills: Science of Reading consultant, curriculum creator, speaker, and founder of T.A.G. (The Academic Gym), which helps kids overcome dyslexia by combining multisensory academic and athletic skills.
Brian:
This is the incontrovertible truth that over seventy-five years of scientific reading research has taught us:
Luqman Michel
Can you please educate me on how thousands of kids and adults can recite the Quran by memory?
I have never said the Lord's prayer for the past 55 years. How is it possible for me to recite it today?
I learned the alphabet and the times table by memory more than 60 years ago. Did I analyse it?
All these posts on 'Expose' are for posterity. Teachers post articles to mislead and when questioned do not reply. This is a big disservice to desperate parents with kids who can't read.
Here is a LinkedIn re-post by Kathleen Seeman (MEd Dyslexia Specialist and Interventionist, Master Teacher, Educator) of an article by Marnie Gindberg.
Marnie Ginsberg. Trusted by 16,000+ teachers, our evidence-based Reading Simplified system empowers school leaders to transform beginning and struggling readers into thriving ones—in weeks, not years.
A lot of what has been mainstream for decades in early literacy learning is inefficient and not in alignment with how the brain learns to read.
My thoughts:
Who in the world knows how the brain learns to read? LINK
This woman is trying to impress readers how the brain learns to read. Let us see if she will answer any of the questions in the link above.
