Phonics with John Walker

In this episode, Toria talks to John Walker the director and
co-author (with Susan Case and David Philpot) of Sounds-Write all
about phonics and its place in the classroom. John believes that
good phonics spirals - recycling the information that has already
been taught through reading, writing and spelling. 


John has been a qualified teacher, university lecturer and
teacher trainer for over thirty years, teaching English language
and literature in many different countries and settings. He is a
graduate of the University of Sussex and holds master degrees
from the Universities of Sussex and Warwick. He is qualified in
the teaching of English as a foreign language and holds an
advanced certificate in English language teaching from the
University of Edinburgh.


He trains teaching practitioners in Sounds-Write and promotes the
Sounds-Write programme in schools and other educational
institutions across the world. In addition, he was an associate
lecturer for the Open University, teaching on Discovering English
and Children’s Literature, in addition to several early years
courses.


John is an enthusiastic edu-blogger, who posts regularly on all
aspects of literacy teaching at his site
theliteracyblog.com.

Useful links
Sounds-write
John Walker - Twitter

Diane's book that John mentioned - Early Reading Instruction


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