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A two-part video, in 4 Learning’s Middle English slot, aiming to make literacy more attractive to reluctant readers by locating a Shakespeare play in the recognisable world of football. Henry V - a set...
At one time parents were prevented from helping with the education of their children at school, but now they are actively encouraged through schemes such as PACT, an acronym of PArents, Children, Teachers....
Looks at Neil Postman’s controversial theory that childhood was created by the printing press. Discusses what a child’s life was like in the medieval period prior to the invention of the printing press...
There are at least two million adults in Britain who are illiterate. This film follows the experience of adult literacy students in Wells and Leeds gaining insight into the problems of adult learners and the...
Shows two approaches to comprehension. The first two units feature children discussing and answering questions on a short written passage. The second two units show how cloze procedure is used to further the...
Children read a story one paragraph at a time, and are encouraged to go beyond the information given to make deductions and predictions about the material. The texts used by the children are shown.
Using sets of cards printed with a picture or a paragraph, the children order them into logical sequence. The first two units feature discussion on ordering simultaneous, as well as sequential, events.
A PBS television live action/animation series designed to foster the literacy skills of its viewers, while demonstrating the pleasures of reading. Each show aims to give children aged between 3 and 7 some of...
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