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Read about Dr Jennifer Buckingham’s report Focus on Phonics recommending use of an annual phonics check in Australia.

 

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  • Examining the evidence on the effectiveness of synthetic phonics teaching: the Ehri et al (2001) and C.Torgerson et al (2006) meta-analyses by Rhona Johnston, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Hull
  • ‘War and Peace in Reading – Time for a Truce?’ by Sir Jim Rose
  • Reading Failure? Not On My Watch! by Jocelyn Seamer
  • A Voice Among the Nations by Jessica Stanley
  • The Optima Reading Programme by Dr Jonathan Solity: Does it Provide Optimal Results? A Paper by Dr Marlynne Grant
  • “The future doesn’t have to be like the past” by Sir Jim Rose
  • Tackling Inequality Through Teaching: A Letter to the Prime Minister by Dr Marlynne Grant
  • When Phonics Falls on Deaf Ears by Diane Philipson
  • The Dyslexia Debate and a Response by Sir Jim Rose
  • Why we use the Phonics Screening Check in Australia
  • Please Help: Get Ghana Reading with Phonics by Phone
  • The Reading Reform Foundation Conference, March 2015 *updated*
  • A New Paper by Professors James W. Chapman and William E. Tunmer on Reading Recovery
  • The Adoption and Spread of Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) in Latin America
  • Marva Collins, A True American Heroine
  • Special exam arrangements for dyslexia veering out of control
  • Reading Between the Lines
  • Dr Marlynne Grant at researchED 2014
  • Samuel Blumenfeld author of Alpha-Phonics: A Primer for Beginning Readers and The Whole Language/OBE Fraud has died.
  • ‘Why Children Fail to Read’ – a new paper by Sir Jim Rose – 1st June 2015
  • Phonics: An International Perspective

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Australia seems to be moving in the right direction! Next step - universal uptake of the Year One Phonics Screening Check in English-teaching contexts.#Phonics in the federal budget 🙏 Let’s hope we see the #PhonicsCheck rolled out next! ... See MoreSee Less

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Phonics in February - Day 28

Focus on Phonics.

We have focussed on phonics in February, so how will you know if your students are learning the essential phonics skills? A simple, five-minute Phonics Screening Check in term 3 could identify at an early stage all of Australia’s school children who are at serious risk of struggling with reading skills. Read about why Australia should adopt the year 1 phonics screening check,

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11 months ago

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An important paper by Emeritus Professor Rhona Johnston which examines the effectiveness of synthetic phonics compared to analytic phonics. Please read and share widely. ... See MoreSee Less

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