ABSTRACT
Although the pause, prompt and praise procedures are now known as pause, prompt and praise there is more to it than just pausing, prompting and praising. It is an approach which stresses that children learn to read by reading, not by learning a large number of separate words. An ideal level for children learning to read, with all the advantages of making mistakes, is between 80% and 90% accuracy. Most reading tutors find that pausing is quite difficult but it is a key factor in responding helpfully to the child who is learning to read. Although the technique as a whole is now referred to as pause, prompt and praise; pausing, prompting and praising are involved in only the last of the three elements: that is the tutor's response to the reader. Most reading tutors find that pausing is quite difficult but it is a key factor in responding helpfully to the child who is learning to read.
