What are the different approaches to reading?

A reading approach is a way to start teaching beginners to read. In recent years, teachers have used various approaches to teaching reading, writing, and spelling. There are several ways to start teaching reading.

The analytical approach

This approach starts with whole words, usually nouns that can be easily illustrated and have meaning to the reader. The word breaks them down into their component parts or breaks them down.

In this way the reader can see the relationship between the written word, the reading word and their own language.

The eclectic approach

An eclectic approach to reading uses a combination of methods such as global, analytical, and synthetic to best suit the student and teacher.

The overall approach

A holistic approach to reading provides students with meaningful text to listen to, look at, and memorize at a glance. It assumes that a person learns best when reading begins with a natural text.

The Sight Word Approach

In a sight word approach, new words are learned by memorizing them with the help of picture clues.

The syllable approach

In the syllable approach, the syllable is the building block used to decode words. It is a synthetic approach to reading, which is a method that starts with the smallest part of sounds and builds them into syllables and words. This is called synthesizing them.

The synthetic approach to reading

The synthetic approach to reading builds words by learning smaller units of speech, such as letters, sounds, and syllables. It is usually used in conjunction with other methods of teaching reading, such as the phonics or analytical approach.