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Teaching Synthetic Phonics
Author(s): Rhona Johnston (Author), Joyce Watson (Author)
- Publisher: Learning Matters
- Publication Date: 6 Sept. 2007
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 136 pages
- ISBN-10: 1844451216
- ISBN-13: 9781844451210
Book Description
Written for both in-service and trainee teachers, this title is a practical, up-to-date guide on how to teach children to read using synthetic phonics – the approach adopted in all schools in England from 2007. It describes several different approaches to systematic phonics teaching, together with the rapid progress in word recognition ability that can result. The book also includes case studies, advice on how to diagnose children′s phonic skills, and how to locate and remediate their weaknesses. Further, it also provides guidance on how teaching assistants can support the work of the classroom teacher.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Liked the good mix of practical advice and theoretical underpinning. Very up to date book by experts in this field” (Lecturer, Stranmills University College)
About the Author
Rhona Johnston trained as a primary school teacher and worked as a learning support teacher for a number of years. She was then a lecturer in psychology at the University of St Andrews, a Reader at the University of Birmingham, and since 2001 has been a Professor of Psychology at the University of Hull. With Joyce Watson she devised a synthetic phonics programme which they showed in their study in Clackmannanshire was very much more effective than other types of phonics teaching.
Joyce Watson was an early years teacher for a number of years, and then a lecturer at the Northern College of Education, Dundee, for over 20 years. She is now a research fellow at the University of St Andrews. With Rhona Johnston she devised a synthetic phonics programme which they showed in their study in Clackmannanshire was very much more effective than other types of phonics teaching.
