A RESEARCHED LITERACY AND ENGLISH PROGRAMME Giving students control over increasingly longer English language structures
This is called top-down learning
It's much better to include new learning into a level of control you have already mastered
By learning a word at a time, your English language development will become impossible
A focus on learning 'the words' is why so many learners give up on school
Often, after learning a few words the students are just barking at the words in the books
The learners know that they are not reading for meaning. It's so demeaning
THE GIFT OF WORKING MEMORY TRAINING
For those students who have had glue ear, or early childhood hearing loss (causing a working memory deficit), or little modelling of English at home
Psychologist Joanne Ruthsatz has studied child prodigies Ruth states that an exceptional working memory is the one consistent factor that they all display “I think it’s the piece that allows for their abilities,” Ruthsatz says
NEW LEARNING IS FAST AND EFFECTIVE Information Integration: Working memory allows individuals to hold pieces of information in mind simultaneously, which enables them to integrate different concepts, ideas, and experiences
Problem-Solving This cognitive flexibility and capacity for holding information in mind is essential for effectively navigating complex problems and generating creative solutions