I now shudder when ever anyone mentions phonics, for having gone to school aged 5 able to read and write I left that school at 8 unable to read anything but ITA. The books were very limited and only available at 'Boots the Chemist' and my parents couldn't read them.
I have many students with very poor literacy skills, I worry for them and try everything to make them step out of their comfort zone and address this problem, but it is so hard for people after a certain age to have the resilience to try and increase literacy skills.
I follow Michael Rosen's blog as I find his eloquence and passion regarding this aspect of our education system interesting.
This is a problem that haunts me, as so many students are coming out of school without basic literacy skills and I still struggle with my own grammar and spelling demon's.
Hazel, I can read these and I think it's because that's exactly how our students write. Really interesting post though, never heard of this before . A.
ReplyDeleteStruggled to read these.. thought it was olde worlde English although it didn't make sense!
ReplyDeleteHave just spent a very interesting 15 mins perusing Michael's blog- thanks for pointing me towards it. Incidentally,is it just me or does ITA look very much like todays text speak?
ReplyDeleteYes it does. I am glad you enjoyed Michael's blog he is a great man.
DeleteFascinating! I wonder if today's phonetic literacy teaching is a legacy of 'ITA'. Jolly Phonics as taught today is very effective, and typical reading / writing follows on very well, in my experience as a parent and long-time literacy volunteer.
ReplyDeleteHow interesting and awful at the same time. It must have been quite difficult to 'unlearn'. My home town is in the Midlands, Leicestershire - I was at school in the late 60's/early 70's and I do recall phonics being around at that time - luckily not in the schools I went to though!
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