Teaching Reading – the Big Five and the Big Six
Associate Professor Robyn Cox unpacks the concept of the Big Five in reading and introduces a sixth concept that is an addition to the model and has emerged from an Australian researcher and provides a basis for explicit and effective teaching of reading for Australian literacy teachers.
Choosing Children’s Books
Dr Susan Rook discusses how to consider the most appropriate books to use within the classroom. It's useful to listen to before embarking on placement.
An Introduction to EAL/D
Dr Naomi Wilks-Smith discusses what it means to be an EAL/D learner. She provides you with some background knowledge whilst unpacking some teaching strategies that you can use within the classroom.
Common Topics Across Literacy Courses
Robyn, Naomi and Susan highlight some connections between their courses. The focus is on respect for cultural diversity, oral language and fluency.
Process Drama
Dr Susan Rook discusses process drama. She unpacks what it is, how it helps students understand a text when reading and how it aides students create ideas when writing. Jeanne Baker's book 'Where the forest meets the sea' is provided as a worked example.
Translanguaging
Dr Naomi Wilks-Smith discusses translanguaging. Listen to this podcast to hear why she believes languages are often left at the school gate.
Guided Reading Part A
Associate Professor Robyn Cox discusses guided reading. Guided reading is a commonly used classroom practice to model reading comprehension and demonstrate to readers how we need to both bring our own reading experience to the text and also ask questions of the text as we read.
Guided Reading Part B
Following on from the early podcast on guided reading this podcast develops the idea and provides classroom organisation and classroom teaching strategies to make guided reading part of your regular classroom practice.
