SusanG
susangodsland.bsky.social
SusanG
@susangodsland.bsky.social
Retired linguistic phonics tutor in Exeter, Devon. Sceptic. Europhile. Posts mostly about phonics & 'dyslexia'. Non-fiction, quiet.
Dyslexia Demystified http://www.dyslexics.org.uk
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For a pupil to read *anything* with fluency, they must be able to recognise the words with automaticity.

Fluency relies on other things too, but automatic word recognition is fundamental.

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September 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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one of my colleagues at UoA Psych has gone into inner-city modern learning environment schools and simply sticks a microphone in them to measure the ambient noise. she told me "they're BARNS. it's so noisy in there that it's like kids are trying to learn next to a LAWN MOWER."
July 16, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Nobody believed us when we warned them RFK Jr.’s endgame is to eliminate all vaccines. They told us we were histrionic and hysterical. I’ve been watching RFK Jr. for 20 years. He’s antivax to the core. He really means it, and NOTHING will change his mind. He will do all he can to eliminate vaccines.
June 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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here’s this year’s Faraday lecture that inspired Sella to act.
tinyurl.com/4xz9xbuz
Science under threat: the politics of institutionalised disinformation | Royal Society
Join us for the Michael Faraday Prize Lecture given by 2024 winner Professor Salim Abdool Karim.
tinyurl.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM