Which statement reflects multisensory, explicit instruction for dyslexia?

• A. Multisensory, systematic explicit instruction in skills.
• B. Relying only on silent reading without guided practice.
• C. Memorization without context.
• D. Frequent unchecked independent reading.

Answer: (A)

Multisensory, explicit instruction means teaching decoding skills in a clear, well-planned sequence while engaging more than one sense. In practice, this approach models the skill, guides practice with feedback, and uses visual, auditory, and kinesthetic cues to help students connect letters to sounds and blend them into words. This direct, step-by-step method is especially helpful for students with dyslexia because it makes phonemic awareness and decoding strategies explicit and learnable, not left to guesswork. The emphasis on guiding practice and providing concrete, multisensory experiences helps students encode and retrieve sounds more reliably, supporting reading accuracy and fluency.

Relying only on silent reading without guided practice, memorization without context, or unchecked independent reading does not supply the explicit, guided, multisensory structure that supports decoding and word recognition.