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Shin, Jaran; Sailors, Misty; McClung, Nicola; Hoffman, James V.; Pearson, P. David; Kaambankadzanja, Davie; Mwale, Liveness – Literacy, 2020
Children in low-income, postcolonial countries such as Malawi have few opportunities with quality reading materials that promote independence as readers. In this study, we argue that access to locally produced text relevant to linguistic and cultural contexts is a fundamental human right for children throughout the world. Situating this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Information, Books, Childrens Rights
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Friedrich, Nicola; Anderson, Jim; Morrison, Fiona – Literacy, 2014
Researchers have documented bilingual family literacy programmes in terms of their structure and programming as well as their effect on children's language and literacy development and parents' ability to support such development within the home. What is missing from the discussion is a description of how facilitators mediate understanding within…
Descriptors: Literacy, Literacy Education, Bilingualism, Reading Programs
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Beard, Roger; Brooks, Greg; Ampaw-Farr, Jaz – Literacy, 2019
Successive UK government policies have strengthened the phonics element of the National Curriculum for English in England. The policies have included inviting publishers to submit completed self-assessments of their systematic phonics programmes. The self-assessment criteria focus on what is deemed to be 'high-quality provision', as defined in the…
Descriptors: Phonics, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, National Curriculum, Foreign Countries
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Hall, Christine; Jones, Susan – Literacy, 2016
In this paper, we present a case study of a philanthropic literacy initiative, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, a book-gifting scheme for under 5s, and consider the impact of the scheme on literacy policy in the English city where it was introduced. We bring four lenses to bear on the case study. First, we analyse the operation of the scheme in…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Case Studies
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Warrington, Molly J.; George, Patricia – Literacy, 2014
Reading for pleasure is essential in the development of literacy. This paper reports on findings from a paired reading strategy introduced into primary schools in Antigua and Barbuda in order to foster children's pleasure in reading. This programme of cross-age peer tutoring intervention began with the training of teachers in a small group of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Recreational Reading, Reading Programs
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Fletcher, Jo; Grimley, Michael; Greenwood, Janinka; Parkhill, Faye – Literacy, 2012
Teachers are influential in motivating and improving attitudes towards reading. This article reports on an investigation of eight teachers of 10- to 12-year-old students from five New Zealand schools and the strategies they used to improve attitudes to reading. Each school had been identified as implementing effective reading programmes by a panel…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Early Adolescents, Reading Instruction, Foreign Countries
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O'Sullivan, Olivia; McGonigle, Sue – Literacy, 2010
This paper presents findings from a national project in England, The Power of Reading (Centre for Literacy in Primary Education), which has involved to date 41 projects over 5 years, in 16 Local Authorities nationally, with 900 schools and 1,350 teachers. The paper presents findings for the first 4 years. Our data demonstrate how professional…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary School Students, Literacy Education, Reading Programs
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Wearmouth, Janice – Literacy, 2004
Recently the DfES has issued guidance on ways to address the needs of students who experience difficulties in literacy through Wave Three provision in the National Literacy Strategy (DfES, 2002). This guidance raises the issue of what kind of programmes might be initiated in mainstream schools that will improve what is available generally for…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Failure, Reading Processes, Positive Reinforcement