This reference work has been developed for the benefit of classroom teachers and all those interested in literacy.
It is preceded by a short theoretical paper about English spelling. To download a pdf of the document follow this link... lexicon.asp
To download a pdf of the document follow this link... Letters & Sounds
The first Sounds~Write training courses were trialed in March 2003. From the outset we were determined to investigate the outcomes of teaching with the programme. Success for any literacy tuition programme can only be measured in terms of the numbers of pupils taught by it who actually end up literate, by which we include being able to both read and write. We have therefore started the process of tracking pupils taught by the Sounds~Write approach during their first four years of primary schooling, i.e., from the start of Reception until the end of Year Three. We now have data on a total of over 2500 pupils drawn from classes in thirty-six state primary schools geographically located in three different parts of the United Kingdom.
The full story so far is contained in this pdf file... sw_research_report_07.pdf