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No one can fault his timing. Bill Bryson, the much-loved and arguably the most successful travel writer there’s ever been, is hanging up his pen just as it’s become impossible to travel anywhere. At least, almost impossible. I’m not sure Bryson would go a bundle on swabs being shoved up his nose 72 hours before … Read more
Playing video games can help literacy, creativity and wellbeing among young people, new research suggests. An interest in gaming can help encourage young people to pick up a book by sparking an interest in a particular topic. Nearly 80 per cent of 4,600 young people aged 11 to 16 who played video games read materials … Read more
Dolly Parton teams up with drag star Nina West to launch Kindness Is Queen charity line for children’s literacy and LGBTQ organizations By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 19:12 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 19:12 BST, 17 June 2020 Dolly Parton has teamed up with drag star Nina West to launch a charity clothing … Read more
Stephen Fry joins call for broadcasters of children’s television to turn on the subtitles in a bid to raise literacy levels among the young The campaign to add subtitles to children’s TV hopes to raise the reading age Research shows 94 per cent of children engage with subtitles if they are shown Presenter Stephen Fry … Read more
Reading a good book is the best way of boosting literacy — but magazines and comics don’t help, study shows Researchers examined the reading habits of 40,000 young students in Spain They also looked at their test results and levels of parental engagement Reading books daily raised results — as much as three months’ more schooling Yet the … Read more
How aspiring teachers are graduating university without basic literacy skills and failing a simple test – so could YOU pass? Future Australian teachers are paying tutors to help them qualify as educators There’s been a five per cent jump in teachers failing a literacy test from 2016-18 While tutoring agencies are reporting an increase in … Read more