In this episode, we’ll discuss an approach to teaching foundational skills known as speech to print. The speech to print approach consists of 4 concepts with consistent logic:

Letters spell sounds (alphabetic principle)
Sounds can be represented by one or more letters
Sounds can be spelled different ways
Spellings can be pronounced in different ways

What is the difference between speech to print and a traditional print to speech approach? What does the speech to print approach look like in practice? What does the research say about this approach?

Resources

Triple R Teaching Podcast related episodes:
- Print to speech vs Speech to print: What’s the difference?
- How to add speech to print elements to your phonics instruction
Reading Simplified
PhonicBooks
Evidence Based Literacy Instruction (EBLI)
Phonics: Speech to Print vs Print to Speech Webinar
The Seidenberg and McClelland (1989) model of visual word recognition
International Dyslexia Association Fact Sheet on Phoneme Awareness
The Latest Research (And Debate) on Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Instruction by Susan Brady
Speech to Print or Print to Speech: What's the difference? blog, by Tami Reis-Frankfort, Phonic Books
Why Our Children Can't Read and What We Can Do About It, book, Diane McGuinness
Stanislas Dehaene: Book,

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