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phonics in bilingual education  

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  • The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary of the English Language defines phonics as the use of sound-symbol (phoneme-grapheme) relationships in the teaching of reading. The issue of the role of phonics in bilingual education programs may be framed as a question: What is the role, if any, of phonics in the reading development of bilingual (or becoming bilingual) children, both in their native languages and in English? To answer this question, we may begin by clarifying yet another question: How should we define reading? Alternatively, we might ask: What do children do when they read? These are important questions because they are at the base of answering the initial question, regarding the role of phonics in reading. [Source: Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education; Phonics in Bilingual Education]

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