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111-The One About… Phonics vs SWI for Beginning Readers with Peter Bowers

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The One About…

Phonics vs SWI for Beginning Readers with Peter Bowers 

 

Quote from article:

How realistic is it to introduce a method that may in fact be too complicated for teacher and student alike—and particularly problematic for beginning reading instruction?

 

Pete Bowers Bio:

Peter Bowers runs the “WordWorks Literacy Centre”

consultancy that targets Structured Word Inquiry in his work

with schools, teachers, and students. 

https://wordworkskingston.com/WordWorks/About_WordWorks.html

 

Video 1:

The Nested Structure of English Spelling: A study in the binding power of structure and meaning - and everyday combinatoriality (Bowers & Foley, 2024)

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+nested+structure+of+English+Spelling

 

Video 2:

Spelling-Out Orthography in SWI to build graphemic and morphological knowledge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa0MVLbvBig

 

Contact Dr. Peter Bowers

 peterbowers1@mac.com

 www.wordworksinternational.com

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