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A
child reading a book
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Children should be
encouraged to read aloud and talk about books with friends to help improve
their language skills, it has been suggested.
Press
Association report continues:
Primary
school pupils should also be exposed to a wide range of reading genres, and
different types of reading material to help them learn to speak and write
fluently, according to a new guide for teachers.
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Children
read a book (Paul Faith/PA)
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The
document, published by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), sets out a
number of ways that schools can help to improve children’s literacy skills.
It
says: “Speaking and listening are at the heart of language, not only as
foundations for reading and writing, but also as essential skills for thinking
and communication.”
“Reading
to pupils and discussing books is still important for this age group,” it adds.
“Exposing pupils to an increasingly wide range of texts, with an appropriate
level of challenge, will develop their language capability.
“This
should include active engagement with a wide range of genres and media,
including digital texts.”
Speaking
and listening activities that can help to boost literacy skills include
“reading books aloud and discussing them”, the guide says.
The
guidance comes after last year’s tougher national curriculum, or Sats, tests,
which saw a drop in the number of pupils reaching the expected standard in
reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school.
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(Dominic Lipinski/PA)
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Across
England, 53% of youngsters achieved the expected standard in all three
subjects.
The
guide will be sent to every primary school in England, EEF said.
EEF
chairman Sir Peter Lampl, said: “Good literacy skills provide the building
blocks not just for academic success, but for fulfilling careers and rewarding
lives.
“Yet despite our best efforts too many children, particularly those from poorer homes, are leaving primary school without reaching the levels in reading and writing they need to achieve.”
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