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What Can Second Language Acquisition Research Tell Us about the Phonics 'Pillar'?
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Woore, Robert – Language Learning Journal, 2022
Ofsted's (2021. Curriculum research review series: Languages (OCRR). https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/curriculum-research-review-series) sees 'phonics' as one of three key 'pillars of progression' in language learning. This paper critically examines this view, beginning with the OCRR's definition of 'phonics'. Focussing on the teaching…
Descriptors: Phonics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Thinking Aloud about L2 Decoding: An Exploration of the Strategies Used by Beginner Learners when Pronouncing Unfamiliar French Words
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Woore, Robert – Language Learning Journal, 2010
"Decoding"--converting the written symbols (or graphemes) of an alphabetical writing system into the sounds (or phonemes) they represent, using knowledge of the language's symbol/sound correspondences--has been argued to be an important but neglected skill in the teaching of second language (L2) French in English secondary schools.…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Phonemes
Beginners' Progress in Decoding L2 French: Some Longitudinal Evidence from English Modern Foreign Languages Classrooms
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Woore, Robert – Language Learning Journal, 2009
"Decoding"--converting the written symbols (or graphemes) of an alphabetical writing system into the sounds (or phonemes) they represent, using knowledge of the language's symbol/sound correspondences--has been argued to be an important but neglected skill in the teaching of second language (L2) French in English secondary schools.…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Vocabulary Development, French