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Peer reviewedKorkeamaki, Riitta-Liisa; Dreher, Mariam Jean – Language Arts, 1993
Reviews the typical approach (synthetic phonics) to teaching reading in Finland. Suggests that teachers in English-speaking countries can learn from problems Finnish teachers face and vice versa. Finds that, despite a highly regular writing system, Finnish teachers find that a heavy phonics emphasis does not solve their reading instruction…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Finnish, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedPoskiparta, Elisa; Niemi, Pekka; Vauras, Marja – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
Twenty-six Finnish at-risk first-graders received practice in linguistic awareness. When compared to controls on phonological awareness, listening comprehension, and WISC-R scores, the intervention group showed a more rapid building-up of phonological awareness, especially phoneme-blending ability, as well as superiority in word recognition,…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Early Intervention, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
