The Big Six: Vocabulary
WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?A person’s vocabulary refers to the words in which they know. There is receptive vocabulary which is all the words you understand and expressive vocabulary...
Literacy Research - Need to Know
The Big Six: Phonological Awareness
WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?Phonological awareness is a sensitivity to sounds and sound patterns of language (Stone, 2018). It is the ability to perceive and manipulate word parts including...
The Big Six: Phonics
WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?Phonics is the matching of the sounds of spoken language (phonemes) to a letter or group of letters (grapheme). If you hear or think of...
The Big Six: Comprehension
WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW? To be able to comprehend, understand, remember, think about, analyse and/ or discuss what you read is the ultimate end goal of all reading...
The Big Six: Fluency
WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW? A fluent reader is accurate, well-paced and expressive, but it can take some time to get there. When you are first learning to read,...