Literacy Blog
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How the EEF helps to improve literacy education standards

Teaching grammar basics: colons and semicolons

The mastery approach: a guide for parents

The mastery approach in teaching and learning aims to increase attainment and close attainment gaps between learners.

Teaching grammar basics: understanding punctuation

State and independent schools: what's the difference?

Teaching grammar basics: using apostrophes

Teaching grammar basics: sentence clauses

Teaching grammar basics: using commas

11 simple vocabulary upgrades for the classroom

High-quality teacher-student conversations have the potential to provide excellent encounters with ambitious vocabulary. In this blog, we share 11 simple changes teachers can make when having conversations with learners.

7 tips for teaching punctuation

The UK National Curriculum states that “explicit knowledge of grammar is […] very important, as it gives us more conscious control and choice in our language”.

Literacy in early years: strategies for teachers and parents

A child’s vocabulary by the age of 4 is a significant predictor of success at the age of 18.

Teaching grammar basics: using full stops and capital letters