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Don’t delay literacy for children struggling with oral language

In an article in the June 11-17 edition of the New Zealand Listener, speech-language therapist Karena Shannon argued that our education system over-values literacy and under-values oral language. Shannon correctly noted that oral language is “innate” in human beings, whereas literacy is “constructed”. Read more

Dr Michael Johnston
Insights Newsletter
1 July, 2022
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Experts come together to improve NZ's literacy standards

Professor James Chapman and Dr Jennifer Buckingham, guest presenters at the New Zealand Initiative Literacy workshop talk to Kamahl Santamaria, TVNZ 1 Breakfast about NZ's literacy standards, which has been described as a 'national scandal'. 

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TVNZ 1 Breakfast
15 May, 2022

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