Editing Phonics (section)

===Simple view of reading===
[[File:School in Laos - Reading time.jpg|thumb|Reading time at a primary school in rural [[Laos|Lao PDR]]]]

The ''[[simple view of reading]]'' is a scientific theory about reading comprehension. The creators of the theory hoped it would help to end the reading wars. According to the theory, in order to comprehend what they are reading students need both ''decoding skills'' and oral ''language comprehension ability''; neither is enough on their own.

The formula is: Decoding × Oral Language Comprehension = Reading Comprehension.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kendeou |first1=Panayiota |last2=Savage |first2=Robert |last3=Broek |first3=Paul |title=Revisiting the simple view of reading |journal=British Journal of Educational Psychology |date=June 2009 |volume=79 |issue=2 |pages=353–370 |doi=10.1348/978185408X369020|pmid=19091164 }}</ref>

Students are not reading if they can decode words but do not understand their meaning. Similarly, students are not reading if they cannot decode words that they would ordinarily recognize and understand if they heard them spoken out loud.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Castles |first1=Anne |last2=Rastle |first2=Kathleen |last3=Nation |first3=Kate |title=Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition From Novice to Expert |journal=Psychological Science in the Public Interest |date=11 June 2018 |volume=19 |issue=1 |page=27 |doi=10.1177/1529100618772271|pmid=29890888 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.readingrockets.org/article/simple-view-reading|title=Simple view of reading, Reading rockets|date=6 June 2019}}</ref>