... Not surprising, now mention is made of another phonics detractor in Australia - Dr Misty Adoniou: Dr Misty Adoniou, associate professor in language, literacy and TESL at the University of Canberra, said the phonics check will provide ...

... to this piece, published yesterday in The Conversation : What are decodable readers and do they work? co-authored by Education Academics A/Prof Misty Adoniou (University of Canberra), Principal Fellow Dr Brian Cambourne (University of Wollongong), and Prof Robyn Ewing (University of Sydney). ...

Jennifer Chew, advisor to the UK Reading Reform Foundation, noted this about results in England: From the DfE report on the 2017 KS2 results: ‘Attainment at the expected standard has increased since 2016 by 5pp [percentage points] in reading and mathematics and by 4pp in grammar, punctuation and spe...

Professor Pamela Snow comments about Professor Misty Adoniou's piece via Pam's blog, The Snow Report:

Straw men and obfuscation: My response to Misty Adoniou on the Phonics Screening Check

http://pamelasnow.blogspot.co.uk

Professor Pamela Snow is a member of IFERI's Advisory Group.

http://genius.it/13011602/www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=2533 How the national phonics test is failing England and why it will fail Australia too by Misty Adoniou Click on the yellow highlighted text in Misty Adoniou's piece and Jennifer Buckingham's comments will pop up on the right hand side to address ...

John Walker comments on Misty Adoniou's piece in The Conversation : https://www.thereadingcentre.com/2017/10/09/misty-muddies-the-waters-again/ On September 17th Misty Adoniou wrote a piece for The Conversation entitled ‘ New phonics ...

Teacher-blogger, Greg Ashman, raises awareness about some factual errors and misunderstanding on the part of columnist, Misty Adoniou, with regard to research findings and the phonics check advocated for use in Australia: https://gregashman.wordpress.com/2017/09/20/fact-checking-misty-adoniou-on-the-phonics-check/ ...

John Walker responds to Professor Misty Adoniou's comments via The Literacy Blog : http://www.theliteracyblog.com The continuation of the war against phonics by other means Once again I feel obliged to respond to an article posted by Misty ...

Alison Clarke of Spelfabet has also written about this hot topic - and addresses Misty Adoniou's concerns within the blog post. Alison describes why teachers should welcome the phonics check: http://www.spelfabet.com.au/blog/ The UK Phonics Check could help reduce ...

Professor Pamela Snow comments on why the phonics check is a good idea and on Professor Misty Adoniou's attitude to the suggestion of a phonics check in Australia: Why is a Phonics Check a good idea in Australia? This week, the Centre for Independent Studies released ...