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Is systematic synthetic phonics enough? examining the benefit of intensive teaching of high frequency words (HFW) in a year one class

  • Zoe Watts
    ,
  • Paul Gardner
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Abstract

A comparative analysis of systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) and the intensive teaching of high frequency words (HFW) revealed the latter had greater impact on pupils’ reading attainment and fluency. Data were collected using multiple methods, including miscue analysis, Salford Reading Test, a phoneme skills test and HFW audits.

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Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 100-109

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Education 3-13 (Volume 41, Issue 1)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2013

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2013

ISSN

0300-4279

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/296187
  • Scopus: 84871253055

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