Phonics with John Walker
06/02/22 • 46 min
In this episode, Toria talks to John Walker the director and co-author (with Susan Case and David Philpot) of Sounds-Write all about phonics and its place in the classroom. John believes that good phonics spirals - recycling the information that has already been taught through reading, writing and spelling.
John has been a qualified teacher, university lecturer and teacher trainer for over thirty years, teaching English language and literature in many different countries and settings. He is a graduate of the University of Sussex and holds master degrees from the Universities of Sussex and Warwick. He is qualified in the teaching of English as a foreign language and holds an advanced certificate in English language teaching from the University of Edinburgh.
He trains teaching practitioners in Sounds-Write and promotes the Sounds-Write programme in schools and other educational institutions across the world. In addition, he was an associate lecturer for the Open University, teaching on Discovering English and Children’s Literature, in addition to several early years courses.
John is an enthusiastic edu-blogger, who posts regularly on all aspects of literacy teaching at his site theliteracyblog.com.
Useful links
Sounds-write
John Walker - Twitter
Diane's book that John mentioned - Early Reading Instruction
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In this episode, Toria talks to John Walker the director and co-author (with Susan Case and David Philpot) of Sounds-Write all about phonics and its place in the classroom. John believes that good phonics spirals - recycling the information that has already been taught through reading, writing and spelling.
John has been a qualified teacher, university lecturer and teacher trainer for over thirty years, teaching English language and literature in many different countries and settings. He is a graduate of the University of Sussex and holds master degrees from the Universities of Sussex and Warwick. He is qualified in the teaching of English as a foreign language and holds an advanced certificate in English language teaching from the University of Edinburgh.
He trains teaching practitioners in Sounds-Write and promotes the Sounds-Write programme in schools and other educational institutions across the world. In addition, he was an associate lecturer for the Open University, teaching on Discovering English and Children’s Literature, in addition to several early years courses.
John is an enthusiastic edu-blogger, who posts regularly on all aspects of literacy teaching at his site theliteracyblog.com.
Useful links
Sounds-write
John Walker - Twitter
Diane's book that John mentioned - Early Reading Instruction
If you enjoyed this episode please share it with others.
If you would like to find out more about Tiny Voice Talks Coaching with Toria then email her on [email protected]
If you would like a copy of the Tiny Voices Talk book with 30% off go to www.crownhouse.co.uk or www.independentthinkingpress.com and use the code TINY30.
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If you enjoyed this episode please share it with others.
If you would like to find out more about Tiny Voice Talks Coaching with Toria then email her on [email protected]
If you would like a copy of the Tiny Voices Talk book with 30% off go to www.crownhouse.co.uk or www.independentthinkingpress.com and use the code TINY30.
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