[ProfessionalDevelopment 2676] Re: PD for educators re adult literacySteve Kaufmann steve at thelinguist.comSun Nov 23 16:37:03 EST 2008
On the subject of literacy, I just returned from Sweden. There, children do not begin reading until the age of 7, yet they do well on international comparisons of reading ability. The same is true in Finland. Finnish children spend fewer hours per day in school and have less homework than American children. Yet the Finns score at the top of international comparisons of K-12 reading and math outcomes. On the other hand, I understand that Finns read a lot. The more we read, the better we get at reading. I agree with Dr. Stich that using audio as a means of helping weaker readers gain more confidence and enjoy reading is probably more important than teaching reading strategies or techniques. -- Regards, Steve Kaufmann www.LingQ.com 1-604-922-8514 [image: LingQ] The future of language -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/20081123/fd17741c/attachment.html
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