EdSource · California teachers on the picket line amid shrinking school budgets As California launches a new literacy campaign, some advocates worry that for English learners, a focus on sounding out ...

In this episode we will discuss using context to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words. Plus look at how the verb to be is used to link subjects and their complements. Hello. I’m Margot Politis.

DIANE PHILIPSON is a former primary school teacher who spends her days at home in Newcastle coaching children who are struggling to read. This week she had phone calls from two desperate mothers who ...

Misty Adoniou works for the University of Canberra. She has received funding from state and federal funding bodies for projects investigating curriculum, teacher standards and the teaching of English ...

Chris Jolly likes travelling. Which is just as well, as the Briton often finds himself setting off to Africa, the Bahamas, and other far-flung destinations as the managing director of Jolly Learning.

When children are taught to read and write though phonics they have to remember many exceptions, so-called 'sight words'. In addition, the linguist David Crystal estimated that almost half of all ...

Many primary schools in England are not teaching letter sounds properly, inspectors have said - hindering children's progress in reading and writing. The vast majority of schools have now moved to an ...