
At a Loss for Words: What's Wrong with How Schools Teach Reading
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How to Use Context to Read
David Kilpatrick is a psychology professor at SUNY, Courtland in upstate New York. He's the author of a book about preventing reading difficulties. We can't even know what match means unless it's in context, he says. Once you are good at phonics, you teach yourself new words that get anchored in long-term memory.
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