Understanding Phonics and the Teaching of Reading: A Critical Perspective

by Andrew Lambirth and Kathy Goouch

""The book's strength lies in the ability of the contributors to draw conclusions in relation to the reading debate and constructively justify moving away from the reliance on a single phonics approach based on evidence from empirical research. ...The book offers a timely warning against reading becoming synonymous with synthetic phonics instruction, of children becoming mere 'functional decoders of print' (p. 53). The argument turns to the very real...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335222269
• ISBN13: 9780335222261
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"