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初中英语Lesson 12 Learning to Read 英语听力: asf听力文件无病毒，请放心打开 听力理解 Key words: 1. phonics 语音学 2. recognize 认出，认识 3. urge 催促 4. sign 签署，签字 5. panel 专门小组 6. debate 争论，辩论 7. guessing 猜测 Exercises: I. Fill in the blanks with the words you have heard from the report. 1. This system _______ children to _______ words with the _______ of the letters that _______ those words. 2. For example, to _______ the word揷at? children _______ learn to _______ the _______ of the letter C. 3. This helps them _______ why some letters are _______ in a word _______ of others. 4. Experts say phonics makes it _______ for children to sound _______ many _______ that they do not recognize by _______. 5. But a lot of _______ say the best way to teach _______ is to _______ phonics and whole language _______. II. Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). （ ）1. One of the most important issues in American education is how to teach children to write. （ ）2. Children often learn the sounds of letters after they learn to read. （ ）3. In another method of teaching phonics, children learn to recognize the whole word first. （ ）4. The sound of a letter is not always the same in every word. （ ）5. The National Reading Panel urged teachers to use grammar in their programs. Learning to Read This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. For most American children, summer is a time away from schoolbooks. But it is not supposed to be a time away from reading. One of the most important issues in American education is how to teach children to read. The most common methods depend on phonics. This system teaches children to connect words with the sounds of the letters that form those words. Children often learn the sounds of letters before they learn to read. With phonics, children are taught to搒ound out攚ords they do not know. For example, to learn the word揷at? childricaren first learn to recognize the sound of the letter C. Then the