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).
Dr Jonathan Solity, a lecturer at the University of Warwick, said, 'I'm arguing for balance, using real books alongside synthetic phonics.'
Dr Solity was due to address delegates yesterday (4 January) on the importance of 'learning to read through real books' at the Division of Educational and Child Psychology annual conference in Bournemouth.
He said the best method was approaching phonics through books rather than reading schemes, teaching children an optimal number of core phonic and sight vocabulary skills and applying them to a wide range of books.
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