Can a student read books on tape or CD while he is in the earplugs? Would that help?
A. No. The tapes are designed to make the student match a sound with the letter that represents it – sound-symbol matching. The point of the tape exercises is for him to hear the sounds in the word and write down the letters that represent them, in the same order as he hears them. This is an ear to eye exercise. In the phonics book, it is just the reverse – eye to ear. He needs both. Hearing a book while he looks at words is not the same. Both EL exercises stress proper sequencing, which is one of the dyslectic student’s worst weaknesses. If he is merely looking at words while somebody else pronounces them, he only sees them as a pattern – a right hemisphere activity which is a NO-NO. Dear me!
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