Jill Kitson: Welcome to Lingua Franca. This week: why phonics? Professor Margot Prior on the controversial recommendations of last year's national inquiry into the teaching of literacy. Some 20 per ...

In this episode we will discuss using context to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words. Plus look at how the verb to be is used to link subjects and their complements. Hello. I’m Margot Politis.

Misty Adoniou works for the University of Canberra. She has received funding from state and federal funding bodies for projects investigating curriculum, teacher standards and the teaching of English ...