Parents Internationally: This is really important: 'At a Loss for Words' by Emily Hanford
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:42 am
Parents/carers: - Journalist Emily Hanford is doing a fantastic job raising awareness in America about the research on reading - including the potential damage of multi-cueing word-guessing strategies. Emily provides text for this article but also an audio recording.
This information is not just of relevance to America, it is of relevance to any country where the English language is being taught for reading and writing.
I urge any parents and carers interested in the literacy of their children to read this text, and/or to listen to the audio recording:
This information is not just of relevance to America, it is of relevance to any country where the English language is being taught for reading and writing.
I urge any parents and carers interested in the literacy of their children to read this text, and/or to listen to the audio recording:
https://www.apmreports.org/story/2019/0 ... ch-readingAt a Loss for Words
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers