Within the education industry,
so-called "reading wars" prompted allegiances to either
employment of Whole Language methods with little focus on Phonics,
or visa versa.
I was someone trained in both Whole Language and Phonics.
My calling has been to scrutinize Phonics.
While observing the dance between speech sounds and alphabet letters,
I discovered a significant dichotomy and new debate.
Organizing structures – ABC/VC – are incompatible.
ABC Logic
Organized around alphabet letters and letter-sounds (phonics).
Sound-out what is: Seen. Read. Said.
vs.
VC Logic
Organized around speech sounds, vowels and consonants.
Spell-out what is: Heard. Said. Spelled. Read. HSSR
WordsAhead WA
so-called "reading wars" prompted allegiances to either
employment of Whole Language methods with little focus on Phonics,
or visa versa.
I was someone trained in both Whole Language and Phonics.
My calling has been to scrutinize Phonics.
While observing the dance between speech sounds and alphabet letters,
I discovered a significant dichotomy and new debate.
Organizing structures – ABC/VC – are incompatible.
ABC Logic
Organized around alphabet letters and letter-sounds (phonics).
Sound-out what is: Seen. Read. Said.
vs.
VC Logic
Organized around speech sounds, vowels and consonants.
Spell-out what is: Heard. Said. Spelled. Read. HSSR
WordsAhead WA
ABC Logic: LOOK!!
VC Logic: LISTEN!!
ABC Logic: Conventional, scientifically-based, expert-recommended
VC Logic: Unconventional
ABC Logic: Graphemes predominate
VC Logic: Phonemes predominate
ABC Logic: "Sound them out!" requires parsing letter-units
VC Logic: "Spell them out!" requires parsing sound-units
ABC Logic: Letter names for sounds: Short-A, B-Sound, Hard-C...
VC Logic: Vowels and Consonants are mapped and numbered V01–C39
ABC Logic: Decode... See+Say
VC Logic: Encode... Hear+Spell
ABC Logic: Pronounceable letter sequences
VC Logic: Spellable sound sequences
ABC Logic: Letter-Sound relationships
VC Logic: Sound-Spelling relationships
ABC Logic: Fluency comes from memorizing "sight words" and ABC-Phonics
VC Logic: Fluency comes from understanding speech-to-text
ABC Logic: Spellings evoke pronunciations
VC Logic: Pronunciations evoke spellings
ABC Logic: Letter-sounds. Skipping. Guessing.
VC Logic: Speech sounds. Heard, said, spelled, read... ahead of time.
More information about speech sounds at WordsAhead.com
VC Logic: LISTEN!!
ABC Logic: Conventional, scientifically-based, expert-recommended
VC Logic: Unconventional
ABC Logic: Graphemes predominate
VC Logic: Phonemes predominate
ABC Logic: "Sound them out!" requires parsing letter-units
VC Logic: "Spell them out!" requires parsing sound-units
ABC Logic: Letter names for sounds: Short-A, B-Sound, Hard-C...
VC Logic: Vowels and Consonants are mapped and numbered V01–C39
ABC Logic: Decode... See+Say
VC Logic: Encode... Hear+Spell
ABC Logic: Pronounceable letter sequences
VC Logic: Spellable sound sequences
ABC Logic: Letter-Sound relationships
VC Logic: Sound-Spelling relationships
ABC Logic: Fluency comes from memorizing "sight words" and ABC-Phonics
VC Logic: Fluency comes from understanding speech-to-text
ABC Logic: Spellings evoke pronunciations
VC Logic: Pronunciations evoke spellings
ABC Logic: Letter-sounds. Skipping. Guessing.
VC Logic: Speech sounds. Heard, said, spelled, read... ahead of time.
More information about speech sounds at WordsAhead.com