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Originally posted by Janet Kenny:
Is it necessary to have a grasp of phonics in order to be able to read? Broadly speaking, the astonishing and contentious answer is no, otherwise we wouldn't be able to read silently
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I have to disagree with the logic of this -- that silent reading precludes sounds -- and since Robert Graves says it better than I can, I'll let him to the talking. From
The Common Asphodel
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THE OUTWARD AND INWARD EARS
Though the poet ought to write as if his work were intended to be read aloud, in practice the reading aloud of a poem distracts attention from its subtler properties by emphasizing the more obvious ones. The outward ear is easily deceived. A beautiful voice can make magic even with bad or fraudulent poetry which the eye, as the most sophisticated organ of sense, would reject at once; for the eye is in close communication with the undeceivable inward ear.
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Best,
Marcia