Critical Skills Underpinning Children's Initial Reading Acquisition

Since reading to children is purposeful and being able to read is worthwhile. Being able to read from an early primary school age is beneficial to the educational outcomes. Being able to read is an integral component which allows children to better understand the challenges they may come across in a modern multi-literate world. Reading is an intricate effort as Hill (2006, p. 139) explains that it is a process to formulate meaning from the printed word and other symbols. Indeed, letter sound knowledge and phoneme awareness are considered to be the more critical skills underpinning children’s initial reading acquisition. With much focus on children’s initial reading acquisition, however, significant studies had examined method of reading instruction