All through my life I have learned the rhythm of language from nursery rhymes to poems my father taught me, songs I have heard and sung, dances and texts at all levels into my adult life.
All language has rhythm and can be learned so easily by young children chanting nursery rhymes. They learn by the following progression (1) understand the nursery rhyme (2) chant the rhyme (3) read the rhyme and (4) write the rhyme.
If they do this for 30 nursery rhymes, they will have learned at least 400 words which is a far more student friendly approach than the half witted and Outcome Based phonics programs being peddled around the nation by dubious Australian book sellers.
Learning by chanting is Standards Based. Young children can master 30 nursery rhymes with 400 words as opposed to the simple minded strategy of sounding out letters.
Why does Papua New Guinea Education lurch from bad decision to bad decision? They supported vernacular language takeover that did so much damage to language learning. They supported Outcome Based Education that destroyed student success across the nation.
Now they are supporting a foolish sound out the words phonics program that is being promoted across the schools. This approach never teaches awareness of rhythm and beauty of the English language.
Rhythm phonics never ceases to teach students. High school students learn the beauty and rhythm of words they read and write by the rhythm of the sentences. Rhythm phonics goes on forever.
So now Outcome Based Learning has been discarded and the Education system is bending over backwards to promote Outcome Based phonics and ignore Standards Based phonics. Stupid tunnel visioned people.
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