England’s education secretary has endorsed a plan that would mandate a more direct method of teaching phonics. Read the British consultant’s report on literacy instruction. Ruth Kelly, who took over ...

The government has promised a review of teaching reading in England's primary schools, particularly looking at a method called "synthetic phonics". But what exactly is it? Most schools in England ...

A NEW report suggests a back-to-basics approach to teaching children reading and writing skills could be the most effective. A scientific study analysing phonics instruction in schools has shown ...

Synthetic phonics has been described as a "back to basics" way of teaching children to read and it will be the focus of the Government's literacy review. The system teaches pupils to recognise the ...

Children who struggle with reading can make dramatic progress in just a fortnight when they are given traditional lessons, a report reveals today. The study by a think-tank showed that primary school ...

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A minority of children are already beginning to read by the time they start school This video can not be played Durham University's Andrew Davis: "It's not reading for meaning" The interests of able ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Victorian primary school teachers will be required to adopt a phonics-based reading approach meaning students will be taught to sound ...

The old ”look-say” method of teaching reading is now called ”whole language” and considered by some as superior to phonics. My experience in teaching primary grades a generation ago convinced me that ...