Working with words: reproducible 2.2
Teacher–student interview questions
Student’s name ______________________________________ Date____________
1 What do you do when you come to a word you don’t recognise? Why?
•Can you wor k out which part of the word you get stuck on?
• Are there some par ticular sounds that you often find hard? What are they?
• Are there some par ticular letter combinations that you find difficult to work out in words? What are they?
2 How do you know what to do when you come to a word you don’t recognise?
•What do you think about when you get stuck on a word?
•What strategies do you use to tr y to work it out?
3 How do you know if you get the word right?
4 What do you do when you have tried, but you still can’t work out a word? Why?