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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote][b]For kids with limited experiences, learning to decode words that have no meaning is not helpful. You can teach kids to decode, but if words have no meaning, it does no good. [/b]That's why lots of approaches is the best approach to teaching reading.

Those who think that phonics is the "be all, end all" solution to teaching reading do not understand this.

Phonics is important, but critical thinking skills are more important. And, you need language for those.[/quote]

This is a huge issue with second language learners.  It is especially difficult with second language learners who have not learned to read in their own language.  In this case, you are teaching both the vocabulary (and filling in the background knowledge) and how to read at the same time.  It's pretty overwhelming.  [/quote]

I think it's pretty universally understood that children who do not know the language at all before kindergarten need a different program than those that have been exposed to language for 5 years. I do not think this should be the standard however. Most children in the US still are born to English speaking families. We still need to teach children who have had language exposure for five years before school. If that is no longer the norm that is being taught to, than I think we need to make this statement publically so families who already speak the language can make a decision whether public school is really the right fit for their child.[/quote]

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