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  2. Synthetic phonics - Wikipedia

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    Synthetic phonics refers to a family of programmes which aim to teach reading and writing through the following methods: [ 2 ] Teaching students the correspondence between written letters (graphemes) and speech sounds (phonemes), known as “grapheme/phoneme correspondences” or “GPCs” or simply “letter-sounds”. For example, the words ...

  3. Phonics - Wikipedia

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    Reading by using phonics is often referred to as decoding words, sounding-out words or using print-to-sound relationships.Since phonics focuses on the sounds and letters within words (i.e. sublexical), [13] it is often contrasted with whole language (a word-level-up philosophy for teaching reading) and a compromise approach called balanced literacy (the attempt to combine whole language and ...

  4. Analytic phonics - Wikipedia

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    Language. Literacy. v. t. e. Analytic phonics (sometimes referred to as analytical phonics [1] or implicit phonics [2]) refers to a very common approach to the teaching of reading that starts at the word level, not at the sound (phoneme) level. It does not teach the blending of sounds together as is done in synthetic phonics.

  5. Orton-Gillingham - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Orton-Gillingham approach is a multisensory phonics technique for remedial reading instruction developed in the early-20th century. It is practiced as a direct, explicit, cognitive, cumulative, and multi-sensory approach. While it is most commonly associated with teaching individuals with dyslexia, it has been used for non-dyslexic ...

  6. Reading - Wikipedia

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    Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of symbols, often specifically those of a written language, by means of sight or touch. [1] [2] [3] [4]For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling), alphabetics, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and motivation.

  7. Crash Course (web series) - Wikipedia

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    In addition, Economics was filmed at the YouTube Space in Los Angeles, while Crash Course Kids was filmed in a studio in Toronto, Ontario. Crash Course Kids was directed by Michael Aranda and produced by the Missoula Crash Course team. Once filmed, an episode goes through a preliminary edit before it is handed off to the channel's graphic ...

  8. Music - Wikipedia

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    Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all human societies. [ 4 ] Definitions of music vary widely in substance and approach. [ 5 ]

  9. Blend word - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, a blend —also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau[ a ] —is a word formed, usually intentionally, by combining the sounds and meanings of two or more words. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] English examples include smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, [ 3 ][ 5 ] as well as motel, from motor (motorist) and hotel. [ 6 ]