Explicit instruction in how tone is conveyed in writing helps students become more thoughtful readers and more precise, ...

Structured literacy is an evidence-based approach to teaching reading and writing that has gained widespread attention for its effectiveness, especially for students who struggle with literacy skills.

We’ve ejected the phonics v whole language debate in favour of the explicit teaching v inquiry-based learning hot button issue. The problem is failure to accept that teacher expertise and professional ...

Second language acquisition research consistently distinguishes between implicit and explicit knowledge, recognising their distinct roles in linguistic processing. Implicit knowledge, gradually ...

If we look at explicit phonics instruction as a recipe, the main ingredient is teaching students to deploy the phonics skills they are learning to decode and encode the entire word. Below are three ...