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Multi-tasking: Rapid progress from phonics to comprehension

Multi-tasking: Rapid progress from phonics to comprehensionBy: Dr Marion Long Published on: 11/04/2025

Discover the quiet gap between decoding and understanding—and why rhythm is the key to bridging it. Although fluent reading is essential to unlocking reading comprehension, multi-tasking develops sensitivity to rhythm across multiple brain systems.

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Multi-tasking: Rapid progress from phonics to comprehension

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