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Originally Posted by Maggie Leung
I dunno how to draw a clear line between reading and memorization for kids
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There is none. Memorization is, in my experience, the key to learning to read. While that may be more true for Chinese, it is still true for English as well. Viz., Dolch words. Relying entirely on phonetics in teaching kids to read is -- pardon the pun :-) -- taking the slow boat to China.
--Nathanael