[senco-forum] Re: a definition of synthetic phonics

U need the analytic approach for reading.
U see the whole word and say the parts and blend them.
Then u write the words.

U need the synthetic approach for spelling.
U hear the word and perceive the sounds u say,
and decide how to represent them and build up the word.
Then u read the words.

It is a matter of whether u read first or build/write first.

Alpha to Omega is the analytic approach.
Hickey is the synthetic approach.
(Interesting that Beve Hornsby and Kathleen Hickey
both went to the Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas, Texas,
came back and did schemes differently.)

A-O worked well with dyslexics who knew
most of the letter-sounds and could read a little.

Hickey was best for the non-readers,
one letter per lesson and only words with those letters.
That is why it is the suitable method for
school beginners as advocated by the Rose Report.
The current schemes are more attractive than Hickey
but they are based on the Hickey method.

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Jean
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Jean Hutchins
SSS house stile spelling is used in this message.
jeanhutchins1 at ntlworld.com
SSS web: www.spellingsociety.org
Also into dyslexia: www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
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