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‘Reading for Sure’: Accessing text through diacritical marks
Author(s) -
HELLIER CYRIL
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
support for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1467-9604
pISSN - 0268-2141
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9604.1996.tb00245.x
Subject(s) - reading (process) , linguistics , computer science , psychology , history , communication , philosophy
Cyril Hellier describes Reading for Sure, a system originating in Australia which uses diacritical marks to facilitate reading. This notion has been around some time but may be awaiting a resurgence. Hellier's findings are highly encouraging and suggest that we now have another complementary techinique to existing phonic methods.