In regard to reading instruction, what do results of research on auditory discrimination training show?
A. Good exercises to use with beginning readers are those that ask them to discriminate between environmental sounds.
B. An example of a good and easy-to-accomplish activity is one in which the teacher simply taps on various items in the classroom (such as a desk, the chalkboard, and a window), asking students to identify what is tapped.
C. Training students to identify differences between nonverbal, environmental sounds such as alarm clocks ringing and lawn mowers grinding is as effective as exercises that help students discriminate phonemic elements of letters and words.
D. Instruction with nonverbal sounds does not transfer to the phonemic skills needed for reading.
D
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