Comment on release of National Standards
The English Spelling Society
Media release. Sept
21 2012
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From:
Allan Campbell, Christchurch, member;
Jack Bovill,
chair, London
Comment on release of National Standards
by Education
Minister
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"There
is an 80 percent glass ceiling for reading achievement in
all English-speaking countries, and the figures released by
Education Minister Hekia Parata confirm this is still in
place in New Zealand," said Allan Campbell, a Christchurch
member of the London-based English Spelling Society. "Our
dysfunctional spelling retards many of our learners,
particularly at primary school level.
"Until we start
cleaning up our spelling, learning to read, a very basic
skill, will always be unnecessarily difficult for our
learners, and hold many of them back", he added.
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