English Handbook off the press
Veteran Journalist Felino M. Santos has released the third of his series of books on the technique of teaching reading in English.
Titled, "Read English the Easy Way Handbook," the fully illustrated 188- page book, uses simple and clear illustrations to facilitate understanding of the printed page and "mastery of the printed word."
Pattered after his earlier, Reading Made Easy Manual (1999) and a revised edition of the Manual (2003)., the handbook is anchored on the copyrighted "Start with 7 & and End with All" concept.
A public school teacher himself for 12 years before he started a career in Journalism some 30 years ago, he said the concept is simply the use of only seven selected letters of the alphabet to start the reading lessons.
The other letters of the alphabet are gradually introduced in the pages of the handbook. The introduction of the letters are not as they appear in the alphabet since some letters like b, d, p and q, m, w, n and u confuse the reader if introduced one after the other. The last letter of the alphabet "z" is introduced on page or lesson 135.
By that time, the beginning reader could have mastered hundreds of words , including the Dolch Basic Sight Words, an international standard for learning to read in English.
Unlike other English textbooks, where the greater portion of the material can be read only by the teacher, all the words introduced in the handbook are for reading mastery and within the capability level of the child.
The handbook has been in the making for the last ten years and the author said this could be the ultimate handbook for mastery of the printed word.
Details of the book are available at its website http://freewebs.com/readenglisheasyhandbook (PRESS RELEASE)
Titled, "Read English the Easy Way Handbook," the fully illustrated 188- page book, uses simple and clear illustrations to facilitate understanding of the printed page and "mastery of the printed word."
Pattered after his earlier, Reading Made Easy Manual (1999) and a revised edition of the Manual (2003)., the handbook is anchored on the copyrighted "Start with 7 & and End with All" concept.
A public school teacher himself for 12 years before he started a career in Journalism some 30 years ago, he said the concept is simply the use of only seven selected letters of the alphabet to start the reading lessons.
The other letters of the alphabet are gradually introduced in the pages of the handbook. The introduction of the letters are not as they appear in the alphabet since some letters like b, d, p and q, m, w, n and u confuse the reader if introduced one after the other. The last letter of the alphabet "z" is introduced on page or lesson 135.
By that time, the beginning reader could have mastered hundreds of words , including the Dolch Basic Sight Words, an international standard for learning to read in English.
Unlike other English textbooks, where the greater portion of the material can be read only by the teacher, all the words introduced in the handbook are for reading mastery and within the capability level of the child.
The handbook has been in the making for the last ten years and the author said this could be the ultimate handbook for mastery of the printed word.
Details of the book are available at its website http://freewebs.com/readenglisheasyhandbook (PRESS RELEASE)
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