
CHAPTER 8: MULTISYLLABIC WORD READING
Objectives
As a result of reading and studying this chapter students will be able to:
- Explain why it is so important for older students to be proficient in reading multisyllabic words
- Define syllabication
- Give examples of how research has informed the teaching of syllabication
- Identify and explain the three instructional approaches for teaching how to read multisyllabic words
- Compare how good readers and poor readers identify multisyllabic words
- Identify what prerequisite skills are needed before students can learn to decode multisyllabic words
- Apply effective instruction and intervention for multisyllabic word reading
Key Terms
- Syllable
- Orthographic processor
- Syllabication
- Graphosyllabic units
- Morpheme
- Affixes
- Root words
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