Under One God: Whatever you're smoking, I'd get off it if I were you?
To be sure, life is full of cul-de-sacs.
Clearly you are in one of them and as seems usual, so far from the thread, as to be almost incoherent?
Instead of rattling around, in-ever-decreasing-circles, where there is only-one-possible-destination!
You should turn around and head back in the direction you came from?
That way, you might even find the way out?
Cheers, Rhrosty.

frosty..i..first wrote..just the word..bump
hoping to..stir up..some more interesting info..for..what seems a rather/knowledgeably intelligent-group..talking of education..but then..just added a post i been waiting for hours to post..at another thread..but needed..cut/box empty..[so parked it here]

it does relate

[i live to educate..by learning
..so couldnt resist my..offering before peers[fellow educators]

i fully agree with the phonetic thing..its key[for ,me]
i was self taught..by reading books..only interested..in what the word..really means..than the rules re spelling it

like this yanki spelling..[but forget it..say-it like it sounds
the educated soon figure out what phonetics style..your using

in..time we will no doudt have thousands of part word sounds
i so love unraveling the big words..but i want to heart more
[like i..only realized..vowels..when..my kids learned them..and wondered..what the sounds they made ,mean

even..know
its the silly things
[like eg..means ex..not eg-sample]..
thats just elitist clap trap..as if a clever guy couldnt figure it out if they wanted to..

[lest we forget..the lesser begs the greater
[the lesser seeks to..impress those he feels peers.]..ergo/ego gratification..desperate to..impress..[i guess]..[forgive me]

uncool..unschooled
but me=just the fool

anyhow..less of me..for this thread
only 10 post replies..for the 8 topic in articles..
im trying to help figure education..[and morality/and ..out..by.]
put back in..the little/simple/sinful..things..others like to hide..knowing my sin..is yet greater.

im listening...please feel free to teach..or preach..
i know..what i mean...

but are we explaining..the same size problems?

point out..specific errors..i
love to explain/correct any/all..error

cheers

Rhrosty, Saturday, 26 October 2013 12:14:55 PM.

Can I second that ?

There is a very good review of the National Curriculum 1-10 here: www.nottheabc.com
I can't say that I agree now with everything it contains, but it shows the influence of left wing academics on education theory.
What amazes me is the new language academics have invented to discus the new curriculum. Can anyone else see the contradiction - a theoretical paper about an English curriculum that no one understands because of the invented language?

its always good to..lookup post history
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nice to hear from
you yet again..if all you got is trolling
YOUR LACK OF DETAIL..re my errors..speaks for itself

the..bias..is..re topic-subject matter..not the content
clearly-..un-refutable..by yourselves..so you..ridicule

[its pathetic]
sad really

point out specifics..of my error's..
or be revealed as..the joke
and/or the troll

Contrary to Alannah MacTeirnan 's claim, children who have experienced "highly structured instruction of skills associated with decoding writing" do not do better on tests of reading comprehension. They only do better on tests in which they are asked to pronounce lists of words presented in isolation.

The major factor predicting high performance on tests in which children have to understand what they read is the amount of self-selected voluntary reading they have done.
 
If Australia wants to improve reading achievement for those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, the answer is not rigorous phonics instruction. The answer is more access to books: investing in libraries and librarians.
 
Sources:
Garan, E. (2001). Beyond the smoke and mirrors: A critique of the National Reading Panel report on phonics. Phi Delta Kappan 82, no. 7 (March), 500-506.
Garan, E. (2002) Resisting Reading Mandates. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Krashen, S. 2009. Does intensive decoding instruction contribute to reading comprehension? Knowledge Quest 37 (4): 72-74.