Developmental Reading 1

March 27, 2015

Anay, Kenny H.
BSEd English
Ms. Serpolette V. Bohol

Interview

To fully know about the strategies about reading, I had

interviewed one of our neighbors about the matter.

NAME: April Pas L. Sabayton

At what age did you start teaching your child reading?

When he was three years of age. I used to have him read stories with colorful
animations. In this doing, he is able to grasp fully the message he is reading because he loves
colorful pictures. Yes, it captures his attention.

Do you sometimes feel hardship in dealing with him while teaching reading?

Hardships are part of the training. After all, as long as you are into it, no doubt you
would succeed. In reading, since my child does have a problem about correct pronunciation of
words, I must be considerate enough, making adjustments and considerations in this endeavor
of teaching him.

Generally, what can you say about teaching your child reading?

Truthfully, it is kind a hard-to-fulfill task. Monitoring every utterance of the child is such
a great deal. Nothing less, parents should consider many factors that affect reading skill
acquisition. Elicit rapport while engaging in the activity. Make the reading a wholesome
exercise. This is, indeed, a very challenging task!
 NAME: Emma R. Hambre

At what age did you start teaching your children reading?

I started teaching them reading at the age 3. But when they reached kindergarten,
reading has been more emphasized which enabled me to focus more on the monitoring of their
acquired skills during the early years. Upon reaching grade 1, they were introduced to the so-
called DULCH Reading. (a back-to-back word lists of selected English words arranged and
grouped according to the difficulty, both English and Filipino)

Did that help your children?

Of course, it did! That was a good aid in developing a child’s acquired skills in reading.
Though sometimes it leads to confusion, because almost the same word spelling, it made them
aware as to distinguishing the difference of such words with the rest of the words.

You have mentioned “confusion.” Can you further it out?

Sometimes kids do make confusion. In the DULCH reading actually, words are arranged
alphabetically. So there are times that they make it a point to commit mistakes.

Is there any other strategy that you have employed?

I let my children read a story book that is full of illustrations. Since they love reading
such a book, that is an advantage on him now.

What can you say generally on teaching “reading”?

It is a hard task. Truthfully, it is somehow similar in teaching the child how to conduct
himself upon starting walking. Of course, patience is highly needed. Let mistakes not become
child’s stumbling block and thereby thwart in acquiring reading skills, however, treat them as
building blocks that would lead them into a more positive manner of engaging in reading.