Back-to-basics English lessons for Australia

[Francis Hult]

Guardian

 

Back-to-basics English lessons for Australia

 

The teaching of grammar, punctuation and spelling is set to make a comeback in Australian schools in a bid to reverse falling standards of literacy. 

 

The proposals, part of government plans to introduce a standardised national curriculum in core subjects, could bring to an end more than three decades of English teaching based on a literary approach and reinstate the teaching of the basic structures of the English language.

 

Among the recommendations is a proposal to teach reading and writing using the phonics method, which helps children to identify letter-sound combinations.

 

Full story:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/14/tefl-english-australia

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