As a parent, undertaking the task to teach your child to read at home can seem very daunting.
To begin with, I researched the 100 Most Common Words in the English Language (using Wikipedia as my source). From these 100 words I discovered that the 25 most common words in the English language are:
By simply learning 100 simple words your child will be able to read 50% of a book! There are 160 words in total in this book, of which 102 are common words. This means that 63% of the words in my son’s first reading book are common words.
Learning these 100 common words is essential in acquiring basic reading skill in English and this is the simplest and easiest way to begin to teach your child to read.
Teaching your child to read 25 very simple little words is easy.
Did You Know – Your Child Only Needs To Know 25 Words To Read One Third Of The English Language?
All international aircraft operators, whether pilots or air traffic control officers (ATCOs), must meet minimum English language proficiency requirements specified by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) which come into effect on 5 March 2008. English language trainers therefore face an enormous task in facilitating the service necessary to meet the demands for effective training in Aviation English worldwide. The ICAO impetus, quite rightly, is on general English-language comprehension, which has to be the basis for any training. In a short English-language course for aircraft operators, therefore, trainers must consider where to place the emphasis. Trainers are frequently required to train sponsored groups of trainees, a scenario that works well only when the specializations of the individual trainees, their respective training needs and also the English-language levels of each are similar.