Effective Literacy Websites #7

Mary Jean Sumbang

ED638-Fall Intersession 2018

Dr. Rivera

IRA Newsletter Project: Effective Literacy Websites #7

The KUMON Method of learning (https://www.kumon.co.uk/about/our-method/) is designed to help any child of any ability progress to their maximum potential and become enthusiastic learners. In this literacy website you will find through worksheet study and Instructor guidance, students work at the 'just-right' level to build ability and fluency in small manageable steps. Students move up through worksheet levels only when comfortable with current work, ensuring they establish solid learning foundations and confidence in their ability. In the Kumon English Programme, aims to foster a love of reading and learning in every child.

Students range from age two to older children, building skills from reading and word recognition to advanced level comprehension with the ability to critique complex passages of text. Vocabulary, grammatical precision, memorization skills and the ability to compose answers are gradually accumulated through different genres of text, familiarizing students with both fiction and non-fiction, expanding their knowledge of the world and introducing them to new areas of interest. 

The Kumon English Programme aims to develop each student's ability to read and understand a variety of texts, and to nurture a life-long habit of reading for education and enjoyment. The English programme progresses from basic word and sentence building and culminates in critiquing advanced texts.

What’s covered in the Kumon English Programme that I feel will help the student in building literacy, the steps covered in the beginning is Repeating and reciting this helps them to associate spoken words with their written form. Learning to read and write students begin to trace words and learn letter sounds and how to blend them, all the time increasing their vocabulary. They also start to work on spelling patterns. Sentence building the students build reading speed whereas being able to visualize the contents of the passage they are reading and grasp its meaning. They work on sentence complexity learning how to use the correct word order, verb forms and punctuation and use these skills to answer questions fully. Paragraph building the students will work on grasping the flow of a story, identifying topics and main ideas, using many texts from the Kumon Recommended Reading List.

In the KUMON Method of learning the student can achieve a perfect score at their own pace. The convenience of having home time is meaningful for the student and the parents it is important that each student leaves with a sense of achievement motivated for the next challenge.