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David Hornsby 2017 This two-page paper informs teachers, principals and parents about some of the issues regarding the Year 1 phonics check. The author’s many years of classroom experience, and his publications, demonstrate that he is “pro-phonics”. However, he...
Clark, M. In this short paper, Clark summarises key points from her own research, and the work of many other researchers over several decades. Most researchers support the belief that there is a benefit from the inclusion of phonics with the early instruction in...
Emmitt, M; Hornsby, D. and Wilson, L. Published by ALEA in 2006 Revised in 2013 This brief (22-page) article makes a strong case that children best learn to read when teachers help them engage with meaningful and engaging texts rather than with commercial programs....
Fact Check on Clarifying a Balanced Literacy Approach Recently in press articles, some commentators have provided a misleading view of what many systems, schools and educators know as a 'balanced literacy approach' claiming it does not attend adequately to phonics...
Misty Adoniou, Brian Cambourne and Robyn Ewing The Conversation Nov 12 2018 Money for books must surely be a good thing. But what exactly is a “decodable reader”? After all, surely all books are decodable. If they weren’t decodable they would be unreadable. Link:...
Misty Adoniou The Conversation; September 2017. This article was as the Australian Coalition Government was canvassing the introduction of a phonics screening assessment for all year 1 children in Australia. Adoniou tests the claims that the then Minister for...
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