Reading
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Reading is an academic subject considered crucial to modern elementary education. It is one of the 3 R's (reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic).
Everyone can benefit from improving their reading skills. Even superb readers can learn to read faster, with practice. For example, there is a World Championship Speed Reading Competition, in which a six-time world champion, has been clocked at reading at 4,200 words per minute with good, but far from perfect, comprehension.[1]
- Do we read whole words in an instant, or by sounds? The path to fluency is through mastering the connection between letter combinations and the sounds they represent. The fact is that our letters stand for sounds, not ideas. While some still debate "whole language" versus "phonics" instruction, the phonics approach has won that debate.
See also
- Phonics vs. Whole language debate (Long recommended by conservatives, phonics is widely accepted today as being the superior way to learn to read.)
References
- ↑ https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/the-sad-truth-about-speed-reading-it-doesnt-work.html - a critical look at speed reading.
