Misty Adoniou

Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra.

Is classroom decoration a learning aid or a distraction?

This article argues highly-decorated classrooms are more of a distraction than an aid to learning, particularly for early primary students, and…

7 years ago

Will the year one phonics test really improve literacy?

This academic says Minister Birmingham is right to be concerned about the decline in literacy standards of Year 9 students,…

7 years ago

Why are our students’ literacy skills diminishing over time?

2017 NAPLAN results indicated 16.5% of year nine students across Australia were below benchmark in writing. When those same students…

7 years ago

How do we learn to read?

The sign on the public car park in the tiny Tasmanian town of Wynyard reads, "Egress from this carpark is…

7 years ago

Australia’s students are failing: I blame the politicians

The results of PISA 2015 were released late last year and Australia has slipped down the rankings, again. Misty Adoniou…

7 years ago

New phonics test pointless: a waste of precious money buying it from England

In the May budget, the federal government allocated money to buy England’s phonic screening test for six-year-olds in Year 1.

7 years ago

Language matters in science and mathematics – here’s why

Do sociologists, mathematicians, scientists and lawyers use language to be elitist and exclusive? Or is the language necessary to describe…

7 years ago

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