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I'm a writer (for children mostly), poet, performer, broadcaster and visiting professor at Birkbeck.I seem to have acquired some imaginary friends here.
9,479 Posts by michaelrosenyes
9,479 Posts by michaelrosenyes
@Angiedaytripper @Ruthi13 @cheesesparrow @MichaelRosenYes Who's vilifying phonics? The argument is whether it should be used exclusively.
@MichaelRosenYes my son 'failed' his phonic test, came home & wrote his own book about Dr Hoot, an owl GP. Bollocks to Gove.
My last tweet is what's known in the biz as a 'spoiler'. Michael Wilshaw is moving his focus to rural schools. I jest not.
"Tomorrow I will announce that rural schools and the teachers in them are a dead loss," said Sir Very-Shaw Michael.
@MichaelRosenYes My 11 year old son has just set fire to his spellings book.
"From now on,"saidChristopherGovvins,"you all have to learn Anglo-Saxon.""Why's that?"said Eeyore."Because I say so,"saidChristopher Govvins
2/2 "...intensive phonics teaching has no significant effect on tests in which children have to understand what they read." (Krashen)
1/2 Prof Stephen Krashen: "25yrs research on use of intensive phonics only show it helps children do better on reading-out-loud tests...
"Je peux dire les mots quand je les vois,"said Jeanne,"mais je ne les comprends pas." "Impossible,"said Owl.
"This is a list of words,"said Roo to Pooh."What's that for?"said Pooh."It's so that the words are in a list,one under the other,"said Roo.
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