Our Method's Benefits - Teach Any Child or Adult to Read

The "Multi" Benefits of the Rebecca Ostrowiak Reading Programme

Multi-Skill
True literacy is achieved through the simultaneous teaching of reading, writing, spelling, comprehension, pronunciation, vocabulary practice, memory training and thinking skills.

Multi-Method South African children becoming literate from the courses of "Teach Any Child or Adult to Read"
Rebecca Ostrowiak synthesised systematically the best of all available methods hence the title of her books "Teach Any Child or Adult to Read" becomes a reality through integrating the following methods:

Alphabet: letter name, sound, formation
Phonics: vowels as 'beacon lights'
Look-learn-say: no longer look & guess, reading with or without the book
Global/Whole language approaches: developing cognitive skills

Multi-Inter-Sensory
Everyone has a different learning style. The Rebecca Ostrowiak Reading Programme guides you to teach so the learners consciously utilise all their senses, thus utilising their strengths and upgrading those that are weaker. You are shown how to help the learner write and speak simultaneously, thus strengthening perceptual skills.

Multi-Emotional
As students progress from feeling inadequate and ashamed of not being able to cope in a literate society, they change from being disgruntled, unhappy people to self-confident, fulfilled human beings who can contribute positively to the well-being of their school, organisation, their family, their community and their country.

Because of the unique approach to decoding, learners can soon start reading material that is school-related, job-related, books, newspapers, safety instructions and computer screens: in fact, anything they set their eyes on.

Writing includes many forms of communication: essays, stories, letters, Email, memo instruction notes, speeches and exam answers, all of which should be planned, in a logical, sequential order, in good language, so that the reader or the listener knows the writer's intention.

Spelling is the basic structure of the language. Spelling rules form the code of reading. Thus when learners learn the rules and are shown how to identify them within words in any context, they become self-reliant and independent, their cognitive skills improve dramatically and they can look up words in dictionaries. Adults respond to this method equally as successfully as children do and find it comforting to have rules to guide them in their written and reading experiences.

Acquiring correct study skills enables the learner to study independently and pass exams happily.

In order to prevent problems, expand vocabularies and extend knowledge, the memory is developed in a trained, sequential multi-sensory way that develops alertness, interest, motivation, self-confidence and wider horizons.

Comprehension is the ability to understand what has been read. However, it is vital for learners to develop sufficient confidence to have the courage to think independently, to "read between the lines", to learn to infer and deduce messages. Lives can be saved, school results improve, productivity soars when employees and learners know and follow written instructions, manuals and safety rules.