Blogs
Our blogs are written by various NLT staff on a wide range of literacy issues. We welcome your ideas and feedback, so please add your comments.
If you have any suggestions for blog topics that you would like to see our staff discuss please email us.
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12Feb2013
Poetry’s the pill: the experiences of a spoken word educatorProfessional poet and spoken word educator Catherine Brogan explains how spoken word poetry education can strengthen students’ literacy skills, engage reluctant writers and develop student voice and emotional literacy.
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16Jan2013
Young people and literacy have changed their relationship status to ‘it’s complicated’Cliff Manning, Communications Director at Makewaves, discusses the impact of social media on literacy and how you can use it to your advantage.
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02Jul2012
Boys' reading in 2012In a guest blog, Gavin Barwell, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Literacy Group and the Commission on Boys' Reading, explains why addressing the gender gap is so important (taken from his foreword to the Commission's report).
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09May2012Creating independent readers
In a guest blog, literacy expert Prue Goodwin examines the process of creating independent readers, and the role of guided reading.
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