Course Reflection On The Theories Surrounding How Children To Read

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Module 1 of the course focused on the fundamentals of reading, specifically how students learn to read, the theories surrounding how children learn to read (Verbal Efficiency Theory, and Simple View of Reading) orthographic mapping, the effect of spelling instruction in developing phonemic awareness and learning to read affects a child’s brain. The cognitive foundation of learning to read include require students to develop decoding skills including (phonemic awareness, understanding the alphabetic principle, letter knowledge and print concepts) as well language comprehension skills such as (phonology, background knowledge, syntax and semantics). These two processes need to work “interactively” to create reading comprehension. Children need