The Word Warm - ups program is designed to align with reading research on the effectiveness of explicit, systematic phonics instruction; the need for explicit instruction in decoding multisyllabic words; and the importance of building automatic decoding skills. (readnaturally.com)
Improves students» ability to decode multisyllabic words with instruction that focuses on word structure (mheducation.com)
As for the phrase «multisyllabic gobbledegook,» yes, that's perfectly descriptive what you wrote at the end of your post. (realclimate.org)