Choosing text for struggling readers – start with what they know and take them somewhere less familiar. Raise your expectations and see where reading can take you.
Four, Floor, Flour – reading visually similar words
Many dyslexic adults can read a lot but experience anxiety when required to read aloud, so I decided to practise reading Trivial Pursuit question cards. The difficult bit was not what I expected.
Decodable text for teens and adults
We’re often asked what decodable readers we recommend and the answer is usually ‘none’. Most TRT learners, even those who are working slowly through the Foundation levels, are not beginning readers.
A conversation with Amy
How do you get from ‘I hate reading’ to ‘I bought a book’?
Amy was in Year 10, almost 15, very artistic, and refused to read even one multi-syllable basic code word on the TRT assessment. ‘I don’t read words like that.’