The first phase of sight word development consists of the pre-alphabetic phase. Ehri (1995) stated that during this phase, "beginners remember how to read words by forming connections between selected visual attributes of words and their pronunciations or meanings and storing these associations in memory" (p. 118). Children at this phase have not advanced any alphabet knowledge. Instead, children can read sight words by memorizing the visual signals around or in the word (Gaskin, Ehri, Cress, O'Hara & Donnelly, 1997).
2.6.2 Partial Alphabetic Phase The second phase of sight word development is the partial alphabetic phase. According to Ehri (1995), "beginners remember how to read sight words by forming partial alphabetic connections between only some of the letters in the written words and sounds detected in their pronunciations" (p.119). Advance to the partial alphabetic phase happens when children sufficiently learn the sounds and names of the alphabet letters (Ehri, 2005). Though, they still have trouble …show more content…
These readers are able to decode earlier unfamiliar words. Even though these readers are capable to decode words, they still use sight word reading for words that they have previously learned .In a study by Ehri and Wilce (as cited in Ehri 1995) it was revealed that "good readers were able to read the sight words as rapidly as they could name single digits, indicating that the words were read as single unified wholes rather than as letters identified sequentially" (p. 120-121).After a reader come into the third stage of the four steps of reading development, they are able to analyze the spellings of words by matching up all the letters to sounds in pronunciations (Gaskins, Linnea, Cheryl, Colleen & Katharine, 1997). In this phase, the reader is capable to make complete connections by the letters and the printed form of words. These readers are able to decode unfamiliar
2.6.2 Partial Alphabetic Phase The second phase of sight word development is the partial alphabetic phase. According to Ehri (1995), "beginners remember how to read sight words by forming partial alphabetic connections between only some of the letters in the written words and sounds detected in their pronunciations" (p.119). Advance to the partial alphabetic phase happens when children sufficiently learn the sounds and names of the alphabet letters (Ehri, 2005). Though, they still have trouble …show more content…
These readers are able to decode earlier unfamiliar words. Even though these readers are capable to decode words, they still use sight word reading for words that they have previously learned .In a study by Ehri and Wilce (as cited in Ehri 1995) it was revealed that "good readers were able to read the sight words as rapidly as they could name single digits, indicating that the words were read as single unified wholes rather than as letters identified sequentially" (p. 120-121).After a reader come into the third stage of the four steps of reading development, they are able to analyze the spellings of words by matching up all the letters to sounds in pronunciations (Gaskins, Linnea, Cheryl, Colleen & Katharine, 1997). In this phase, the reader is capable to make complete connections by the letters and the printed form of words. These readers are able to decode unfamiliar