Clarifying Differences Between Reading Skills and Reading ...

The Reading Teacher,61(5), pp. 364 373 2008 International Reading : 0034-0561 print / 1936-2714 onlineHelping children learn to read is a deeply re-warding experience for parents and teacherswho take pride as their children acquire effec-tive Reading Skills and Reading strategies. The termsskillsand strategiesare part of the vocabulary used byteachers to describe what they teach and what chil-dren learn. Yet, despite frequent use in professionaldiscourse, the terms are used skillsand strategiesare used as synonyms,and sometimes they are used to describe complemen-tary relations ( , strategies support Skills ) or a no-tion of developmental progressions ( , first thephonics Skills then the comprehension strategies).Policy makers, curriculum developers, administrators,and test makers include the terms when discussingreading programs, tests, goals, and policies, but theyrarely define or distinguish the terms. Resolving theconfusion is important because how we conceptual-ize and define Reading skillsand Reading strategieshasimportant implications for Reading practices and read-ing importance of learning to read has stimulatedconsiderable debates theoretical, practical , and po-litical about which teaching methods and materialsare effective.

ize and define reading skills and reading strategies has important implications for reading practices and read-ing policies. The importance of learning to read has stimulated considerable debates—theoretical, practical, and po-litical—about which teaching methods and materials are effective. During the past 10 years, the debates

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