Why does SWR take the teacher time to learn before beginning?
(From Wanda Sanseri) There are two basic reasons that our approach requires some start-up work for the teacher. • We introduce the tools of the language quickly and then continue to work with them over the years in application to a core set of words graded by word difficulty. Most programs teach only a partial list of the tools of the language in a pokey fashion. The material they teach is presented slowly over a long period of time, concentrating on one small aspect at a time. Our students get both the big picture and the small picture. • Most adults today never learned the concepts that we teach. Did anyone ever teach you the five reasons for English words to have a silent final E? Can you see multi-letter phonograms and instantly say all the sounds those combination of letters commonly make given in the order of frequency? Most programs leave students in the dark as they learn fragmented information and try to piece it together. We expose students in a non-threatening way to the ess
