reading skills acquisition
21pedagogy — /ped euh goh jee, goj ee/, n., pl. pedagogies. 1. the function or work of a teacher; teaching. 2. the art or science of teaching; education; instructional methods. [1575 85; < Gk paidagogía office of a child s tutor. See PEDAGOGUE, Y3] * * *… …
22Characteristics of dyslexia — The characteristics of dyslexia have been identified mainly from research in languages with alphabetic writing systems, primarily English. However, many of these characteristic may be transferable to other types of writing systems. Contents 1… …
23Language teaching methods — Main article: Language education Language education may take place as a general school subject or in a specialized language school. There are many methods of teaching languages. Some have fallen into relative obscurity and others are widely used; …
24Input Hypothesis — Comprehensible input redirects here. For input in language learning in the general sense, see Second language acquisition. The Input Hypothesis is one of five hypotheses of second language acquisition proposed by Stephen Krashen. It is also often …
25Learning to read — Part of a series on Reading …
26Orthographies and dyslexia — Main articles: Dyslexia and Dyslexia research The complexity of a language s orthography, or writing system, can be a significant contributing factor to the difficulties experienced by dyslexic readers.[1] Current psycholinguistic models of… …
27Literacy — Global adult literacy according to the CIA Factbook …
28Phonics — refers to an instructional method for teaching children to read English. Phonics involves teaching children to connect the sounds of spoken English with letters or groups of letters (e.g., that the sound IPA|/k/ can be represented by c , k , or… …
29Matthew effect (education) — The Matthew effect in education was described by Keith Stanovich based on the Matthew Effect in sociology. It derives its name from a passage in the New Testament: For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from …
30Dyslexia interventions — Main articles: Dyslexia and Management of Dyslexia Some teaching is geared to specific reading skill areas, such as phonetic decoding; whereas other approaches are more comprehensive in scope, combining techniques to address basic skills along… …
