Foundation for Learning and Literacy

January 20, 2022

Focus on phonics to teach reading is ‘failing children’, says landmark study

The Guardian 19 January 2022 by Sally Weale Government urged to drop emphasis on synthetic phonics in English schools as not backed up by latest evidence... Register for free and read here

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

January 20, 2022

Why are ministers obsessed with teaching children to read using phonics?

The Guardian January 20, 2022 by Alice Bradbury Our study shows that there is no solid evidence behind this method, and its ‘nonsense words’ are counterproductive... Register and read here

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

October 11, 2021

Dear Nadhim Zahawi, the Tories vowed to ‘eradicate illiteracy’ years ago. What went wrong?

The Guardian 9 October 2021 by Michael Rosen You’ll know by now that children score much higher on the year 1 tests than the year 6 tests. These are of course

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

August 3, 2021

A Question of Balance

Education Review Issue 5 July-August 2021 Wade Zaglas interviews Beryl Exley on unpacking the importance of phonics for early readers (page 20). ...I think that we've got to remember at the heart

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 23, 2021

Now I Can Read! Why didn’t you tell me words make sense?

Jeffery Bowers and Javiera Morales Hope you enjoy the book! What I want to emphasize here is that our story is not only about Jeff learning to read, but also an

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 20, 2021

Quote from Exploding SOME of the myths about learning to read: A review of research on the role of phonics

Reading is defined as a process of bringing meaning to andconstructing meaning from texts (text is defined in its broadest sense to include visual and digital). It is not merely

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 15, 2021

What Matters

Kathryn H. Au and Taffy Raphael Reading Research Quarterly, 356 (S1) pp.S65-S67 2021 International Literacy Association Alerting members: "Let’s stop arguing about matters that do not matter and instead collaborateto help schools improve

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 2, 2021

Reading Wars

"At a time when some media figures and others insist on a one-size-fits-all, phonics-centric approach to reading—and attempt to delegitimize holistic, meaning-based reading instruction—Dr. Paul Thomas has published a book to help provide clarity. How

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

June 27, 2021

The importance of teaching phonics in context

Professor Beryl Exley from Griffith University is an experienced researcher of early reading and literacy. In this interview she discusses the importance of teaching phonics in context, the reciprocity of

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

June 17, 2021

There is still time to register…

ALEA NATIONAL CONFERENCE Brisbane 7-9 July 2021 - this is an online event Conference Registrations now open The theme of the 2021 online national conference to be held from 7-9 July is: ‘Challenge &

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