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Think it. Write it. Love it. So that’s done. November 9, 2015. Last night at precisely 1.41am I finished my book. A little sad to be leaving these characters behind (although I will be with them for another few months at least due to the editing process) but I am glad that it’s done. There. I’ve put an end to something. I’m usually quite shit at that.… More So that’s done. So that’s done. So about African Violets. November 7, 2015. So about African Violets. September 24, 2015. September 20, 2015. So I...
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The complex view of reading (and dyslexia) – RESEARCH REVIEWED
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The theory behind child language and literacy development. The complex view of reading (and dyslexia). June 14, 2016. June 14, 2016. In the previous post. I wrote all about the. Simple view of reading. Model, wherein reading comprehension is described as the combined result of skills in general language comprehension and single word recognition. Today, my one goal is to destroy that beautiful simplicity, by dumping a whole lot of other messy variables into the mix. The fact is, reading is bloody complex.
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Reading development in children with hearing loss – RESEARCH REVIEWED
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The theory behind child language and literacy development. Reading development in children with hearing loss. May 24, 2016. May 25, 2016. If you’ve been paying attention these past few weeks, you’re going to be familiar with my continual references to something called ‘phonological processing’. For the sake of brevity, I’ve defined the term as ‘the processing of speech sounds’, which, now that I think about it, is extraordinarily vague and leaves it kind of open to misinterpretation. Somewhere in the 90s...
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RESEARCH REVIEWED – Page 2 – The theory behind child language and literacy development.
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The theory behind child language and literacy development. April 26, 2016. The literacy education war between whole language and phonics has raged since long before I was born. In the blue corner, whole language argues for a whole-word approach to literacy instruction. It emphasises the use of meaningful texts that draw on an individual’s own experiences. In the red corner, phonics argues for a much more … More Early reading. April 19, 2016. Patterns of early phonological development. April 12, 2016.
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Towards skilled reading – RESEARCH REVIEWED
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The theory behind child language and literacy development. May 3, 2016. May 13, 2016. Related to speech sounds. Reading using knowledge of letter-sound correspondences. This kind of invisible processing can only occur because you don’t have to pay particular attention to recognising each word. Instead of. The text, you can instantly retrieve it and its meaning. In fact, even without the guidance of context or meaning, you can still read a bunch of random words with relative ease:. Word learning are not.
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Neuroplasticity (Part 1.) – RESEARCH REVIEWED
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The theory behind child language and literacy development. Neuroplasticity (Part 1.). July 7, 2016. July 13, 2016. As it turns out, neuroplasticity is not. Neuroplasticity’ refers to the brain’s ability to adapt in response to new experiences and changes in development [1]. Neuro-’ means ‘brain’, while ‘plasticity’ denotes the quality of being flexible, or easily moulded. Neuroplasticity is inextricably linked with. Periods, rather than. The changes that take place in a child’s brain as they learn to rea...
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The simple view of reading – RESEARCH REVIEWED
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The theory behind child language and literacy development. The simple view of reading. May 31, 2016. May 31, 2016. Phonics-based reading instruction has been criticised in the past for being decontextualised, unmotivating, and a means by which kids are taught to ‘bark at print’ [1]. While I’m quite impressed with the imagery evoked by that last phrase, it does make me wonder whether the writer has actually met a human child before. What a horrifically bleak representation of the developing mind! One impo...
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Skilled word reading – RESEARCH REVIEWED
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The theory behind child language and literacy development. May 17, 2016. May 17, 2016. Phonological processing, or the ability to process speech sounds, plays an especially important role in early reading development. A couple of posts ago. Reading a lot less obvious. Theories of skilled word recognition generally include some reference to orthographic processing. Which is the ability to remember word-specific letter patterns [1]. Phonological knowledge (mostly) accumulates from. According to some, phono...
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The development of rhyme awareness – RESEARCH REVIEWED
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The theory behind child language and literacy development. The development of rhyme awareness. November 29, 2016. November 29, 2016. Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches. Had bellies with stars. Had none upon thars. Those stars weren’t so big. They were really so small. You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all. But, because they had stars, all the Star-Belly Sneetches. Would brag, ‘We’re the best kind of Sneetch on the beaches.’. With their snoots in the air, they would sniff and they’d snort. Sensit...
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