Comments for ThatReadingThing http://thatreadingthing.com for people who don't know they can Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:40:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Beadle’s Can’t Read Can’t Write Episode 2 by geraldine carter http://thatreadingthing.com/2008/07/beadles-cant-read-cant-write-episode-2/#comment-2275 geraldine carter Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:14:02 +0000 http://thatreadingthing.com/?p=138#comment-2275 Excellent, Tricia. I hope you forward this to the Channel 4 editor and to PB - especially as someone on TES boardmentioned that they are looking for people for a second series. Meanwhile, a Channel 4 doc. on teaching PB on how to teach spelling etc. would be a wonderful antidote (not reality telly orientated...so no chance) or at least having someone who is seeped in SP teaching acting as his side-kick next time around. Am going to ask what part of London James is in - it's quite immoral to leave him in that position and the least channel 4 can do is to pay for one-to-one lessons for him. Am feeling so ambivalent about the whole thing as anything that raises awareness of the disastrous provision for adults is good, but somehow PB has both promoted and subverted SP... best, geraldine Excellent, Tricia. I hope you forward this to the Channel 4 editor and to PB - especially as someone on TES boardmentioned that they are looking for people for a second series.
Meanwhile, a Channel 4 doc. on teaching PB on how to teach spelling etc. would be a wonderful antidote (not reality telly orientated…so no chance) or at least having someone who is seeped in SP teaching acting as his side-kick next time around.
Am going to ask what part of London James is in - it’s quite immoral to leave him in that position and the least channel 4 can do is to pay for one-to-one lessons for him.
Am feeling so ambivalent about the whole thing as anything that raises awareness of the disastrous provision for adults is good, but somehow PB has both promoted and subverted SP…
best, geraldine

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]]> Comment on b and d reversal by maizie http://thatreadingthing.com/2008/07/b-and-d-reversal/#comment-2272 maizie Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:49:40 +0000 http://thatreadingthing.com/?p=137#comment-2272 Hi Tricia, I use that technique too, but I have another one (which I found on a US site) which is also unobtrusively helpful. Anything rather than the dreadful 'bed'thing! It's based on the mouth shapes made when articulating the phonemes. For /b/ the mouth starts closed, then opens, so when writing the letter it's 'straght line first, then 'round'(this works for decoding too - see the straight line first, mouth makes a straight line first). It is reversed for /d/, where articulation starts with an open mouth (round). This works for p/q confusion too. Love your site. maizie Hi Tricia,

I use that technique too, but I have another one (which I found on a US site) which is also unobtrusively helpful. Anything rather than the dreadful ‘bed’thing!

It’s based on the mouth shapes made when articulating the phonemes. For /b/ the mouth starts closed, then opens, so when writing the letter it’s ’straght line first, then ’round’(this works for decoding too - see the straight line first, mouth makes a straight line first). It is reversed for /d/, where articulation starts with an open mouth (round). This works for p/q confusion too.

Love your site.

maizie

]]> Comment on Can’t Read Can’t Write ~ Phil Beadle on Channel 4 by geraldine carter http://thatreadingthing.com/2008/07/cant-read-cant-write-phil-beadle-on-channel-4/#comment-2267 geraldine carter Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:59:47 +0000 http://thatreadingthing.com/?p=136#comment-2267 A very perceptive summing up of the programme - both the good points and the lack of precise teaching. I hope Channel 4/Phil Beadle will follow up on the failures and listen to those who use synthetic phonics with adults. A very perceptive summing up of the programme - both the good points and the lack of precise teaching. I hope Channel 4/Phil Beadle will follow up on the failures and listen to those who use synthetic phonics with adults.

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