Literacy Blog
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EAL students: strategies to encourage literacy improvement
In 2017, the Education Policy Institute released a report on attainment gaps, with a particular focus on how the attainment of EAL learners compared to their peers. In this report, while EAL pupils were seen to have “lower attainment than their non-EAL peers during primary school”, this gap had “disappeared altogether” by the end of secondary school, with EAL pupils actually being “marginally ahead of their non-EAL peers.”
Building a vocabulary curriculum: the mastery approach
The Mastery Mystery. Mastery. It’s a word whispered in primary schools up and down the country, hinted at like the holy grail of academia. “This looks like it could be mastery level work,” a proud teacher might say.
Preparing for SATs with a vocabulary curriculum
Spoken language and reading difficulties: what's the link?
The Language and Reading Acquisition (LARA) team from Royal Holloway University are currently undertaking research that aims to clarify the relationship between oral vocabulary and reading attainment in secondary schools.
Skill development: is literacy the gateway?
Semantic spotlighting: a literacy strategy
How to start homeschooling your child
7 fun word games to boost your child's literacy
Remote learning: how to engage students
While blended learning has always been part of any curriculum that includes homework, learning that takes place completely remotely has been something teachers, learners and parents/guardians have had to adjust to, and quickly, since early 2020.
Translanguaging and semantic maps: how to teach vocabulary
How to engage your students with academic vocabulary
"Why did you choose that word, Madam?" "What does that word even mean, Madam?" "How do you even say that word, Madam?"
