Foundation for Learning and Literacy

May 25, 2022

A Balanced Approach to Literacy Development

A balanced approach to literacy development is a decision-making approach through which the teach makes thoughtful choices each day about the best way to help each child become a better

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

April 11, 2022

Phonics can coexist with whole language, if done carefully

The Record by Stephen Krashen April 6, 2022 I have been involved in the whole language movement since it began. Whole language is not opposed to phonics, but does not support

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

February 22, 2022

Letter to The Age by Alan J Wright

February 21, 2022 Reductionist, dysfunctional approachThat some children come to school as fluent readers is not recognised by Science of Reading advocates. These children arrive at school with no formal teaching

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

February 16, 2022

10 Ways to Help Children ENJOY Reading!

January 25, 2022 Nancy Bailey's Education website Children were being drilled in phonics before they knew what a word looked like, then judged as “failing” if they could not recall or

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

February 10, 2022

Is literacy education in Australian schools lacking balance?

The Educator by Brett Henebery 9 February 2022 In recent years there has been a worrying slump in students’ reading and writing outcomes, particularly in the early years... While some experts have

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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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