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What are sight words? Learn these few hundred words first to instantly make your reading smoother
Words like the, of, and and are short and inconspicuous, yet they make up half of all English text. This article will introduce you to sight words: why they are the most worth learning first, why you need to practice them until you can 'recognize them at a glance,' and three actionable practice methods to instantly make your reading and listening smoother.
Stop Spelling Letter by Letter: Recognize High-Frequency Words at a Glance
The most common words like the, was, and said actually slow down your reading when sounded out letter by letter. They should be treated like a picture and recognized at a glance. This article teaches you how to replace "letter-by-letter decoding" with "whole-word recognition." Combined with flashcard and timed-test training methods, you will turn high-frequency words into a reflex and instantly boost your sentence reading speed.