Shanahan on Literacy

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**Shanahan on Literacy**

Timothy Shanahan is a renowned expert on the teaching of literacy. This podcast addresses practical issues in teaching students to read and to read better.

Latest Episodes:

Reading Stamina -- How Best to Divide Text for Classroom Discussion Jul 15, 2023

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This episode explains ways that teachers can enable students to read text successfully for longer.

Can We Really Teach Prosody and Why Should We Want To? Jul 08, 2023

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The idea of teaching text reading fluency is widely accepted, but most of this work tends to focus on accuracy and automaticity. What about prosody or expression? This episode explores the research that explains the importance of prosody in reading development and examines the most effective ways to teach it.

What is Linguistic Comprehension in the Simple View of Reading? Jun 17, 2023

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The simple view of reading claims that reading comprehension is the product of decoding and linguistic comprehension. But what is linguistic comprehension and what does it matter in the classroom? This episode explores the meaning of linguistic comprehension.

On Climbing a Mountain: Four Ways NOT to Deal with Complex Text Jun 11, 2023

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These days teachers are told to teach reading with complex text. However, while they might have complex text in their classrooms or in their lessons, their approaches may undermine the benefits of complex texts. This episode cautions teachers to avoid four of these common errors.

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