Approaching Difficulties in Literacy Development

PART ONE: THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDINGS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Reading, dyslexia and the brain - Usha Goswami Connecting early language and literacy to later reading (dis)abilities: Evidence, theory and practice - Hollis S Scarborough Policy and research: Lessons from the Clackmannanshire Synthetic Phonics Initiative - Sue Ellis Individual differences in the inference of word meanings from context: The influence of reading comprehension, vocabulary knowledge and memory capacity - Kate Cain, Jane Oakhill and Kate Lemmon Impact of authentic adult literacy instruction on adult literacy practices - Victoria Purcell-Gates, Sophie C Degener, Erik Jacobson and Marta Soler PART TWO: ASSESSING LITERACY DIFFICULTIES Is the PhAB really fab? The utility of the phonological assessment battery in predicting gains made by older low-progress readers following two terms of intensive literacy instruction - Kevin Wheldall and Simmone Pogorzelski Reception class predictors of literacy skills - Jennifer Simpson and John Everatt Principles for literacy assessment - Peter Johnston and Paula Costello PART THREE: PEDAGOGY AND PLANNING Dyslexia and learning style - a note of caution - Tilly Mortimore Mapping a pedagogy for Special Education Needs - Brahm Norwich and Ann Lewis Shaping literacy in the secondary school: Policy, practice and agency in the age of the national literacy strategy - Andy Goodwyn and Kate Findlay Headwoman's blues: Small group reading and the interactions of culture, gender and ability - Shuaib J Meacham PART FOUR: INTERVENTIONS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS Excluded voices: Class, culture and family literacy in Scotland - Lyn Tett Trust your own observations: Assessment of reader and tutor behaviour in learning to read in English and Maori - Ted Glynn and Stuart McNaughton Long-term outcomes of early reading intervention - Jane Hurry and Kathy Sylva Student writing in higher education: An academic literacies approach - Mary R Lea and Brian V. Street PART FIVE: TRANSFORMING PRACTICE Dyslexia and adult literacy: Does dyslexia disempower? - Hugo Kerr Effects of the home learning environment and preschool center experience upon literacy and numeracy development in early primary school - Edward C Melhuish, Mai B Phan, Kathy Sylva, Pam Sammons, Iram Siraj-Blatchford and Brenda Taggart