Literacy

Many children struggle with basic vocabulary when they start secondary school – but Crispin Chatterton has some tips to help teachers address the issue

 

Teachers are brilliant at enabling talk in the classroom – but if we want to reduce the word gap, we need to timetable specific time for talk, says Ros Wilson

Could taking the time to engage in children’s literature with other teachers have tangible benefits for teaching and learning? Kate Parker finds out

Season 15 of Tes Podagogy has finished and we’re taking a break over the summer. But here’s a round-up of new episodes from the past six months

Some learners start school lacking the foundational skills they need to succeed – something that off-the-shelf reading schemes don’t always acknowledge, says Megan Dixon

As long as children write in a legible way, is it really necessary to teach them to write in cursive? Definitely not, argues trainee teacher Aimee Robinson

Developing children’s oracy, imagination and sequencing skills is the key to supporting them to become great storytellers, says Jess Gosling

When we talk about English and literacy, there is a tendency to refer to them as being the same thing, says Megan Dixon – but teachers deserve to know exactly what it is they are teaching

When this teacher realised that her students were writing in an inefficient and inaccurate sentence structure, she turned to the work of famous writers to model excellence

Ofsted’s research review for English has been widely criticised by teachers – here, two subject specialists highlight their concerns

As new research reveals access to a ‘gold-standard’ primary school library can foster a culture of reading for pleasure, author Cressida Cowell and experts involved in the ‘Life-changing Libraries’ project explain what the findings mean for schools

Whole-class story time is still very popular in schools, but research shows that sharing a story in small groups of three or four children is much more beneficial for language development, says Julian Grenier