Whole School Literacy is an approach to literacy that aims to develop high levels of literate
competence for all students. Students are initially assessed on reading comprehension and …

The characteristics of struggling adolescent readers in order to provide a context for a
discussion of strategies that may be useful for secondary teachers preparing to teach a new …

This chapter outlines a whole-school approach to raising the literacy levels of its students,
including those who experience specific difficulties in literacy acquisition, at Clyde Quay …

A survey of secondary English teachers in one Australian state explored their understanding
of senior students with reading difficulties and how they could be supported to access the …

This book deserves a place on the bookshelf of every teacher and researcher concerned
with improving literacy standards. It is undoubtedly the best book on literacy development …

The standard of literacy achieved by primary school children, in particular in reading, is an
issue which attracts perennial media and professional attention. Current media reports in the …

Governments in many countries around the world are concerned about the literacy
achievements of their citizens with calls for the development of literacy standards, outcomes …

For adolescents and adults with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities (or, in the UK,
learning disabilities or learning difficulties), the achievement of successful engagement with …

The present chapter focuses on text understanding amongst students with dyslexia in tertiary
education contexts, though the issues covered should have similarities in the workplace …

In this chapter I shall review some of the research studies that have evaluated specialist
literacy teaching programmes and also present results from some Dyslexia Institute projects …