Prediction works when we use all the clues to make sense. Mature readers tend to rely on prediction. Beginners with well-developed language can use prediction to help them read. Prediction is one of the language skills that helps readers make sense of it all more easily, more fluently. Prediction works when we use all the clues to make sense.
Mature readers tend to rely on prediction.
They use phonics mainly to guide and to check their predictions as they read.