In another initiative - like the use of linguistics terminology - the government is introducing changes which seem to make learning to read more confusing for six-year-olds. A number of made-up words such as 'koob' or 'zort' are to be included in the government's planned new reading test for six-year-olds in England.
The idea has drawn criticism from literary experts who say the approach will confuse those beginning to read. The government said non-words were being included to check pupils' ability to decode words using phonics.
Phonics is an important part of learning to read but current thinking relies too heavily on it and seems to reduce the importance of recognising words as shapes. Phonics rarely gives the correct pronunciation of a word that is new to the child - unless, of course, you make up non-words which follow the 'rules' of English pronunciation. I also believe that phonics is the worse method for teaching dyslexics to read. By all means include non-words in a pronunciation test - but not as part of a reading test.
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