The Psychology of Beginning Reading

S ummary . In one of the largest and best‐controlled experiments in the teaching of beginning reading, data were obtained that lead to the conclusion that the combination, or multiple‐approach method of teaching reading, yields better results in teaching Pilipino in grades 1 and 2 than the cartilla, or direct‐phonic‐drill, method. Furthermore, the data strongly suggest that training in learning to read Pilipino by the combination method facilities learning to read English more than learning to read Pilipino by the cartilla method. Because English is less regular in its grapheme‐phoneme correspondence than Pilipino, the cartilla method, or any method similar to it, is even less likely to be the best way to teach beginning reading in the United States. The data lend no support to arguments in favor of using direct phonic drill in teaching beginning reading

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