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Phonics 'could fail struggling readers'
By Catherine Gaunt,
Nursery World,
5 January 2006
Government plans to use synthetic phonics as the only method of teaching reading have been criticised by a leading educational psychologist, who warns that rather than fostering a love of books this would make reading 'a chore' for children who struggle to read. Children will be taught to read using synthetic phonics by the age of five from next September, following recommendations of last month's Rose review (News, 8 December).
Government plans to use synthetic phonics as the only method of teaching reading have been criticised by a leading educational psychologist, who warns that rather than fostering a love of...
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