Learning vowel patterns: Balancing phonics with reading for early literacy success

[Joyanne James-Soyer]

Learning vowel patterns through a balanced approach of explicit instruction and immersive reading is essential for developing fluent readers and preventing long-term literacy difficulties. While phonics programmes teach the mechanics of vowel digraphs, diphthongs, trigraphs and tetragraphs, regular reading provides the contextual practice necessary to lock these words into a child’s long-term memory. This article …

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