Hollamnn's contributions to The Conversation

Press/Media: Expert Comment

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Period15 Sept 2021 → 9 Apr 2024

Media contributions

3

Media contributions

  • TitlePhonics isn’t working – for children’s reading to improve, they need to learn to love stories
    Media name/outletThe Conversartion
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date9/04/24
    DescriptionThere are alternatives to England’s focus on synthetic phonics, which teaches children to decode words by learning the relationship between letters and sounds.
    PersonsWillem Hollmann
  • TitleFive things people get wrong about standard English
    Media name/outletThe Conversation
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date8/10/21
    DescriptionStandard English is but one of a myriad ways of speaking the English language. No child should be penalised for speaking another
    PersonsWillem Hollmann
  • TitleGrammar still matters – but teachers are struggling to teach it
    Media name/outletThe Conversation
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date15/09/21
    DescriptionGrammatical nous has been found to give students a broader understanding of their own language and a key to learning others. The problem is, teachers aren’t being equipped to teach it.
    PersonsWillem Hollmann