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Originally Posted by soothsayer
this is merely poor education. when the so-called "poor" kids get more familiar and fluent with grammar, words, meaning, etc. they would be like normal readers; i.e., they just need to read more books, and make more (brain) connections between words and meanings.
....then their imagination will take over.
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Part of the problem that some less than fluent readers have is that they cannot make phonetic representations of the what they read. This is not because they have been badly taught it is because they simply cannot do it - it is a disability. Phonetic representation seems to be important for acquiring fluency in reading. Reading more books is not the answer - they will not acquire fluency that way. What helps is individual input to support these readers to develop alternative strategies to "compensate" for their inability to bridge the gap between the written word and meaning - which in "normal" readers is bridged by such phonetic representations.