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Early Reading: The Importance of an Eclectic Approach

By Sara J. Wheeler 2 years ago

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Lynn How

Lynn has been teaching for 20 years, during which time she has been an Assistant Head, Lead Mentor for ITT and SENCO. She loves to write and has her own blog: www.positiveyoungmind.com. She has also just taken up the position of editor of Teacher Toolkit….
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Has the expectation for ‘age related’ phonics hindered learning in literacy?

As teachers, we all want to instil a love of reading in our pupils. We want to inspire them in becoming life-long readers with a love of literacy in adulthood. This process starts young.

In my teaching, I have maintained that an eclectic approach is best practice to allow this to happen. But with ‘end of year’ outcomes to meet in year one, I’m concerned that the current emphasis is tipping more towards a ‘bottom up’ approach rather than an eclectic mix. Here’s a brief overview of these terms:

Top down

  • Immersion in quality texts.
  • Being ‘read to’ and therefore appreciating narrative, rhyme and rhythm.
  • Discussion and understanding of vocabulary.
  • Question and answer opportunities to promote comprehension.

Bottom up

  • Learning the mechanics of reading, starting from single sounds.
  • Moving on to blending and segmenting. 
  • A graduated staged approach.
  • Less emphasis on understanding a text.

Eclectic mix

A balance of both of these systems is needed for a well-rounding grounding in reading. This, in turn, supports writing, as reading ability often (but not always), paves the way to progress in writing.

With the rise of the phonics assessment, schools have been mindful of the need for good mechanics for reading to be in place in order to meet end of year expectations. During the early years and year one, young minds are perhaps at the most impressionable stage. Therefore, rendering those ‘Top down’ experiences so important.

Considerations

Moving forward, in order to ensure that the balance is right in your setting, consider the following:

  1. Demographics – Some families have plenty of books at home. Children will receive support from home to ensure that eclectic approach. However, many families do not own books. These children miss out on the daily joy of book sharing with an adult. Check that your balance of top-down and bottom-up approaches suit your demographic and individual families …
  2. Curriculum – With busy curricula plans, I have been in schools where quality time with books is being pushed out. Storytime at the end of the day is magical for children. In my career, I’ve spent thirteen years teaching reception and year one. It has been evident that even those children who struggle to concentrate normally, love storytime.
  3. Research – ‘Scholars agree that there are a lot of advantages in using the eclectic approach, which opens the language teacher to a range of alternatives and embraces all the four language skills of speaking, reading, writing and listening’ (Alsayad, Ali and Alhafian. 2019).
  4. Independent enquiry –  (Clark and Glazzard. 2018), surveyed 230 heads and 1,384 teachers. 85 per cent stated that the test should not continue to remain statutory.

The enquiry issues cited

  1. Unnecessary stress and anxiety in children.
  2. Phonics is not the only strategy to teach reading.
  3. The phonics test does not promote eclectic strategies such as picture and context cues or skills such as reading on and around the text.
  4. Notably, one respondent said, ‘Using phonics to the exclusion of other pedagogy, impedes understanding and the development of inference skills.’
  5. Phonics has become a ‘high stakes’ test for accountability, rather than to improve standards.

According to the DfE, in 2018 – 82 per cent of children reached the expected standard in phonics in Year 1, which is up by 25 percentage points since 2012. But at what cost?

Although children are able to adequately ‘bark at text’, some children are sadly lacking immersion in quality literacy experiences.

How can your setting reflect on and redress the balance?

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