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unitary
skill
Kenneth Goodman
(1976)
There is no possible sequencing
of skills in reading instruction,
since all systems must be used
independently in the reading
process even in the first attempts
at leaving to read.
Integration
If a pattern is broken up into
discrete responses to be practiced
separately, the individual responses
may be practiced in a way in which
they will never be used.
That the learner may never see the
Equation:
Reading = Skill1 + Skill2 + Skill3
+ Skilln
Reconciling the
two views
Aulls (1982)
Obseervable unitary skill, we can define reading as a
level of proficiency in reading in reading text, or
components of text, with concomitant identifiable
subskills.
Advantages:
1. You have an analytic, manageable, and testable basis for designing
reading programs.
2. What you teach can be directly tested: therefore, you can asses the
extent to which instruction has influenced subskill learning.
3. You can teach reading in an orderly manner by providing small
linguistic units to be directly taught, practiced, and the applied
during text reading.
4. You can follow a specific sequence
5. You can estimate the level of mastery of discrete subskills by
comparing subskill knowledge proficiency in oral silent reading
performance.