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The English resource page has been divided into writing, handwriting, spelling and grammar, and reading.
General Resources
General Resources
This is a direct link to the Australian curriculum page for literacy.
This page describes in great detail, that students become literate when they develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions to interpret and use language confidently for learning and communicating in and out of school and for participating effectively in society.
Literacy involves students listening to, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and creating oral, print, visual and digital texts, and using and modifying language for different purposes in a range of contexts.
Suitable for ages 6-18
This website is free to access and use.
Australian Curriculum Lessons is a website for educators to access a range of lesson plans, teaching resources, posters, unit overviews, and more.
All resources are generated by teachers for teachers and are aligned to the curriculum.
Suitable for all ages
This website is free to access and use.
Australian Dyslexia Association
The Australian Dyslexia Association is concerned with the wellbeing, identification and treatment of those with dyslexia and related differences and challenges.
The ADA supports and provides evidence-based instruction that is language based, direct, explicit and structured with the addition of a multi-sensory component.
Suitable for all ages
The ADA pre-assessment screening service is available for a one-off cost.
Information and resources available on the website are free.
Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators
This website provides training, certification, accreditation and resource and information for parents who have child/ren diagnosed with Dyslexia
Suitable for all ages
Subscriber Memberships and resources available to purchase.
Read&Write makes digital content more accessible. For use anywhere, anytime and on any device, this discreet toolbar can help everyone engage with digital content in a way that suits their ability and learning style.
Uses text to speech, speech to text, text and picture dictionaries, word prediction etc.
Suitable for all ages
Free to access and use
Co:Writer is a technology platform which helps give students the words and phrases you’re intending as you type.
Just type a letter or two and Co:Writer “predicts” words and phrases in real time.
Suitable for all ages
Free to trial then monthly subscription.
The C-PEN reader is a portable, pocket sized device that reads texts aloud to students in either English, French or Spanish in a human-like digital voice.
If students are unsure of a word, the C-PEN reader contains electronic dictionaries. Students can use the reader to capture the word and then the dictionary is used to discuss the meaning of the word.
It also retains the word that you have looked up and keeps it in the history which is available to use later.
Suitable for all ages
Available to purchase through the website.
Effective instruction for students with dyslexia is instruction that is direct & explicit, structured & systematic, cumulative, cognitive, intensive, emotionally sound and focused on meaningfully taking speech to print.
The multisensory component involves the use of visual, auditory, and kinaesthetic-tactile pathways simultaneously to enhance memory and learning of written language.
Suitable for all ages
The Associate MSL course is available to purchase through the website.
The THRASS Institute is an Australian based company that has developed a Specific Pedagogical Practice for the teaching of literacy, marketed as THRASS – an acronym for ‘Teaching Handwriting, Reading and Spelling Skills’.
Suitable for ages 6-18
Resources are available to purchase through the website.
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