three-cueing system

three-cueing system – a debunked word-reading model that assumes accurate decoding isn't a necessary first step for students to read and comprehend text. In this model, meaning and sentence structure play a larger role than decoding when learning to read. Beginning readers rely on "cues," including whether the word makes sense in the context of a sentence, whether it sounds right as they pronounce it, and whether the spelling looks right to them as they read. Converging evidence from studies of how brains learn to read shows that decoding plays a critical role in learning to read English, and relying on "cues" can't compensate for weak decoding skills.