Date:      Wednesday, May 1st 2024
Time:      7pm - 8pm
Venue:   Online via Zoom

Bamboozled by conflicting messages about the teaching of phonics? Unsure of what to look out for when deciding how to teach word recognition in your school? Wondering what we actually know about using decodable readers?

Register today for this exciting and timely conversation about research evidence underpinning children’s word recognition skills and implications for practice across English and Irish-medium reading instruction.

 Join Dr Patrick Burke, Cillian O’Sullivan, Dr Claire Dunne, Dr Emily Barnes and Clara Maria Fiorentini for what will be an engaging and informative exploration of word recognition in the Irish primary education context.

Target audience:

• Primary School Teachers / Principals
• Student Teachers
• Teacher Educators
• Educational psychologists
• Parents of primary-aged children
• Anyone with an interest in evidence-informed literacy instruction!

Attendees will be invited to submit questions for the panel in advance via the LAI Instagram & X (Twitter) pages.

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