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Why reading fluency depends on anticipation, not just accuracy

Dr Marion Long

Published on: 08/02/2026

Reading fluency is often reduced to accuracy and speed. This article explores fluency as a temporal process rooted in anticipation, rhythm, and cognitive coherence, and why performance alone is not enough.

Reading Fluency

How rhythm defines

phonemic awareness

“It’s only an hour that they have with you over the time that you come in over the six weeks and for it to be able to make, for a lot of them, up to a year’s difference in their reading ability is quite amazing really.” Year 3 teacher

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