The first copy of ‘Sound Before Symbol‘ is in the UK. It has visited SAGE in London, myself in Scotland and is now in Yorkshire in the safe hands of my MUM!
Tag: Phonics Testing
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600,000 children in England begin phonics testing
Phonics testing is underway this week. The Schools Minister, Nick Gibb has backed the controversial reading test and insisted that phonics is the most effective way to teach children to read. His belief is based upon the findings of the seven year Clackmannshire study by Johnston and Watson (2005). (insert link http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/02/20682/52383) Three hundred children were studied and it was found that after only three months’ phonics teaching at the beginning of primary education, pupils by age eleven years were three and a half years ahead of their reading age.
Mr Gibb stated in an interview for ITN News (link) on ITV’s ‘Daybreak’ that 95% of words are phonetically regular.
The link is: http://www.itv.com/news/story/2012-06-18/teachers-warn-over-reading-test/
The importance of sound to reading is an area discussed in my book. It is indisputable that phonological awareness, an appreciation of rhyme and rhythm and a good command of oral language contribute to literacy competence. The relationship between sound and symbol is vital to literacy. These areas are of course, all addressed within the ‘Sounds and Symbols’ programme.
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I need to reduce my manuscript by about 7000 words
Bad News for Me
I need to reduce my manuscript by about 7000 words.
Good news for you!
I have redrafted some of the bits I took out and produced a pdf file ‘Sounds and Symbols Philosophy‘ so that you can get a sneak preview!
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Final manuscript submitted to SAGE!
Final manuscript submitted to SAGE!
Everything crossed that it is OK!
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‘Sound Before Symbol’ gets the thumbs up!
The proposal for Sound Before Symbol was passed at this morning’s Editorial Board meeting at Sage Publishing. It has had the provisional ‘thumbs up’ so we can look forward to reading it, hopefully in the not too distant future!
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Jesse Norman MP writes in the Sunday Times
Jesse Norman writes in the Sunday Times ‘Sing Up and Break the Silence’. Some of the huge benefits of music to all parts of life and to all people are discussed in this article along with the necessity of increasing its provision in education.