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The importance of fluency for readingFurther Information
In order to improve his reading, this child needs to work on fluency. Improving reading fluency is relatively simple, requiring reading exercises for a short time on a regular basis. GetFluent Reading provides this reading practice with built-in words, phrases and sentences already set up in developmental sequences. A prerequisite for this is to have good, instant word recognition, another benefit of GetFluent Reading software. It promotes children's early success in reading with accuracy and speed, as well as helping slow developers to catch up on their reading skills. Why fluency?Reading fluency is commonly defined as the seamless mastery of speed, accuracy and comprehension. It is a crucial benchmark that defines success in reading. Fluent readers read well, understand more and get better results.It is well recognised that the faster and more fluently we read, the more we understand and the better we're able to concentrate. Forget the children for a moment. Consider how many times you have finished reading something, only to realise that you haven't a clue as to what it was you'd been reading about? The secret is often to increase reading speeds. One of the best ways of doing this for poor readers is to stop them reading one.... word.... at.... a.... time. The reason for this is fairly obvious: suppose that you are struggling to read each word. By the time that you have reached, say, the fifth word, you've forgotten what the previous words were. This makes it impossible to extract any meaning from what you've just read. Besides which, it's boring. So your brain starts to search for other things to stimulate it and, surprise, surprise, you become distracted! The more words that we can focus on in 'one go', the faster we read. Remarkably this increase in speed actually improves our comprehension. |