[senco-forum] Re: literacy levels in different countries

Eddie Carron wrote:
 >illiteracy is so high in the UK<
compared with some other countries.
Martin Miles wrote:
 >Is it down to the orthography, maybe partly?<

It is not that literacy is generally very low in UK,
as in some African countries.

"The gap between the highest and lowest attaining children tended to be wider in 
English-speaking countries such as England and New Zealand, than in other 
nations. Researchers said one factor might be the irregular nature of English" 
(TES April 11).

2001 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study.
Report April 2003. www.nfer.ac.uk
Search on PIRLS. (It was slow to respond this evening.)
There are many documents.

This evening's TV program about Xtraordinary People
showed that there are a lot of factors to be considered.

Jean
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Jean Hutchins, SE Surrey DA.
RSA Dip SpLD, AMBDA, retired.
E-mail: JeanHutchins2000 at yahoo.co.uk
British Dyslexia Association Web: www.bdadyslexia.org
(Also into spelling reform www.spellingsociety.org)
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