ERIC Number: EJ1178052
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Publication Date: 2018-Apr
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Elegant Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondence: A Periodic Chart and Singularity Generalization Unify Decoding
Annals of Dyslexia, v68 n1 p69-83 Apr 2018
The accompanying article introduces highly transparent grapheme-phoneme relationships embodied within a Periodic table of decoding cells, which arguably presents the quintessential transparent decoding elements. The study then folds these cells into one highly transparent but simply stated singularity generalization--this generalization unifies the decoding cells (97% transparency). Deeper, the periodic table and singularity generalization together highlight the connectivity of the periodic cells. Moreover, these interrelated cells, coupled with the singularity generalization, clarify teaching targets and enable efficient learning of the letter-sound code. This singularity generalization, in turn, serves as a model for creating unified but easily stated subordinate generalizations for any one of the transparent cells or groups of cells shown within the tables. The article then expands the periodic cells into two tables of teacher-ready sample word lists--one table includes sample words for the basic and phonogram vowel cells, and the other table embraces word samples for the transparent consonant cells. The paper concludes with suggestions for teaching the cellular transparency embedded within reoccurring isolated words and running text to promote decoding automaticity of the periodic cells.
Descriptors: Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Charts, Generalization, Decoding (Reading), Reading Instruction, Word Lists, Phonics, Vowels, Chemistry, Phonemes
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