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In this review, the debate on the importance of decoding in reading is revisited. In particular, the focus is on the positions taken by two different reading theorists, Phil Gough and Ken Goodman. It is argued that the debate now seems to be settled, and that Gough's view, with its implications for reading acquisition and comprehension, has more explanatory power in terms of helping us to understand the success of the good reader, and the plight of the bad.
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