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International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education
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Is systematic synthetic phonics enough? Examining the benefit of intensive teaching of high frequency words (HFW) in a year one class

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Pages 100-109 | Received 04 Aug 2011, Accepted 01 Nov 2011, Published online: 20 Sep 2012
 

Abstract

A comparative analysis of systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) and the intensive teaching of high frequency words (HFW) revealed the latter had greater impact on pupils’ reading attainment and fluency. Data were collected using multiple methods, including miscue analysis, Salford Reading Test, a phoneme skills test and HFW audits.

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