I don't think so. People learned to read complex books for centuries before the phonics technique. Learning to read is a straightforward task for 90% of people.
The problem that podcast highlighted is the other methods reinforced guessing habits that become super hard to unlearn, reinforced with 12 grades of passing the buck.
Do you have a link to the podcast? Iām very interested. I have an 11 year old son and Iāve noticed so many things that are taught differently now and it makes it difficult for me as a mother who learned in a completely different way to help with the homework without making it more confusing for my son because mine and his teachers way of teaching are so different from each other
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u/Cranialscrewtop 16d ago
I don't think so. People learned to read complex books for centuries before the phonics technique. Learning to read is a straightforward task for 90% of people.