Action Reading Response: DVD 3 Term Paper

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By attaching visual elements to specific words and even to specific sounds within those words, many learners that might struggle with simple auditory approaches attached only to visuals of the letter might be better able to commit letter/phoneme associations to memory (Fox, 2011). The use of pictures also seems more interactive and engaging with the learners than simply showing visuals of letters associated with sounds, as it speaks to the imagination of the learners and gives them something to respond to in addition to the simple reading facts being presented. In this way, both the educator and the learners can be drawn into the lesson more fully, it would seem, and there is definite evidence that pictures make both the lessons and the material more memorable when they are properly used (Fox, 2003).


Other issues raised on these two DVDs such as synthetic phonics are also fairly controversial, and seem less well-founded and even incomplete. While reading is of course the immediate goal, approaches that negate the value of letters in and of themselves would seem to divorce reading from other uses of language rather than providing an avenue to explore the diversity of language applications and uses. Choosing techniques and theories should clearly be undertaken with care......

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