Acknowledgements |
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About the authors |
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1 What is the role of phonics in the teaching of reading? |
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Theoretical perspectives/subject knowledge |
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2 | (6) |
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8 | (2) |
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Types of phonics teaching |
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2 Understanding the alphabetic code |
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19 | (16) |
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19 | (1) |
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Theoretical perspectives/subject knowledge |
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20 | (4) |
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Expectations for secondary schools |
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24 | (1) |
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The international phonetic alphabet |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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Supporting students in understanding the alphabetic code |
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27 | (8) |
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35 | (1) |
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Engaging students with the curriculum |
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36 | (2) |
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Challenges for teachers using a phonic approach |
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38 | (3) |
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Encouraging students to think about vocabulary |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (3) |
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Students with specific learning difficulties in reading |
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45 | (3) |
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More strategies to meet the challenges |
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48 | (2) |
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Further strategies for supporting vocabulary development |
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50 | (5) |
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Phonics into spelling (morphology and spelling strategies) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (3) |
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Teaching students how to learn spellings |
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59 | (3) |
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What are the characteristics of a good spelling rule? |
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62 | (2) |
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The problem of homophones, homographs and homonyms |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (1) |
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British and American (US) English |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (1) |
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Does texting cause problems? |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (3) |
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Supporting and developing spelling |
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72 | (5) |
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5 The pedagogy of reading in Key Stage 3 |
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77 | (19) |
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77 | (1) |
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Developing students' ability to discriminate between sounds |
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77 | (6) |
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Teacher-directed and independent activities which can be applied across the curriculum |
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83 | (3) |
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86 | (1) |
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Matching maturity levels and literacy needs |
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87 | (1) |
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Applying phonics in meaningful reading and writing activities |
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88 | (3) |
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Suggested activities relevant to students' interests |
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91 | (5) |
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6 Tracking, assessing and intervening in students' learning |
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96 | (16) |
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96 | (1) |
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Methods for monitoring students' progress and diagnostic assessment |
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97 | (4) |
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Possible deficits in Key Stages 3 and 4 students' learning and how these might be addressed |
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Some intervention programmes and resources |
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Some strategies for working with colleagues to develop a whole-school approach across curricular areas |
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Index |
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