And now I'm going to make a suggestion that really warrants discussion... TIME INTENSIVE - BUT NOT INTENSIVE FOREVER Having already mentioned the idea that phonics should not be understood as 'time limited' - rather is is 'time intensive' at the point of formally planned, systematic, explicit phonic...

TIMING READING ALOUD As an aside and having just introduced a video with Abigail Steel, another issue which is concerning us is the rise in 'measuring' or 'timing' children reading aloud to an adult. This has stemmed from, or been exacerbated by, mention of 'words read per minute' linked to 'reading...

And now I am going to take some further liberties to describe some issues around the teaching of the English language and spelling system - and give some food for thought for ways forward - the next generation of inquiry and hopefully improvements in phonics provision for all children as needed. I s...

Harriett introduced Claude to the DDOLL network thus: Many of you may not know Stanford professor Claude Goldenberg. He is a prominent, outspoken advocate of better reading instruction in the United States in general and in California in particular, and is especially active in the English Learner co...

MY BIG THOUGHTS! And now I'm going to take the liberty of chipping into this debate from my personal perspective and recommendations - as a specialist in the field of foundational literacy, and as the author and teacher-trainer for three main 'systematic synthetic phonics programmes' as 'validated' ...

I have taken too long to add Harriett's review to the IFERI forum for which I must apologise. It's too easy for one's own life to get in the way of keeping up with adding educational/literacy developments across the world. As always, I am very grateful to those who take the time, and apply enormous ...

Harriett Janetos has written a really important review which is relevant internationally as it features the debate of just 'how' the alphabetic code should ideally be introduced to children - and what is the relationship between phonics teaching and 'comprehension'. And what about the teachers' role...

Impact Wales is also doing a good job promoting the Simple View of Reading in Wales: Who are we? - We are Finola & Jane, Literacy & Numeracy specialists, with 45+ years of teaching, training & leadership experience between us. What's our experience? - We have both worked for Welsh Gover...

Elizabeth Nonweiler, committee member of the UK Reading Reform Foundation , has updated the DDOLL network regarding developments in Wales: The UK has a devolved system of education. In Wales, the curriculum still promotes the use of context and pictures as cues to read. It's clear the curriculum mea...

It's now four and a half years since I posted about the English Hubs initiative in England and Ruth Miskin and Associates 'Training Centre'. This announcement in Schools Week was published on 4th June 2019 along with announcements in similar publications, including via Ruth Miskin's own site, which ...