During Season Three of Amplify's "Science of Reading Podcast", host Susan Lambert interviewed various guests about Scarborough's Reading Rope model of learning to read (Scarborough, 2001), and unpacked the "strands" involved in becoming a skilled reader.
In this episode (S3, Ep3), Susan speaks with Dr. Louisa Moats about decoding, including:
- the significance of decoding
- the value of becoming students of our own language
- the reciprocal relationship between decoding and encoding
- what is essential to effective phonics instruction
Find more Science of Reading podcast episodes here.