Discuss the place of phonics in the reading process with reference to the reading searchlights.

DISCUSS THE PLACE OF PHONICS IN THE READING PROCESS WITH REFERENCE TO THE READING SEARCHLIGHTS. Although obvious to state, the reading process is the process involved in reading, and more specifically for this essay, the process of learning to read. Debate on this topic is both wide ranging and long standing with one camp believing that word recognition is phonically based (i.e. reading begins with letters and their sounds) and the other camp placing …

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