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Date Posted:20:58:20 06/17/12 Sun
I teach in an early childhood setting in Asia and there is a big pressure to get children reading and writing at an early age. Which most children can cope with, however those that canĄ¯t really CANĄ¯T and need more time and more individual attention.
One thing I have noticed is as the Chinese language requires a learner simply to memorise vast numbers of characters some children especially those that are struggling with sounds and blending rely on this memorisation skill as a coping strategy. But then the cracks develop when we expect them to use their decoding skills to sound out new words but they canĄ¯t do this as they havenĄ¯t made the connections. ItĄ¯s sad to see a child not enjoying reading because they werenĄ¯t given the chance to learn how to do it properly. Does anyone know of a book/article which highlights the importance of not memorising and why? So I can perhaps send it to a few of my parents?
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