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Teaching & Learning, Dyslexia, Autism, MFL, Phonics Great Expectations Education 19/04/2026 Teaching & Learning, Dyslexia, Autism, MFL, Phonics Great Expectations Education 19/04/2026

Why is learning a foreign language often so hard for dyslexic learners? Part 1 — phonological processing

A specialist SEN teacher and parent of a dyslexic Year 7 MFL learner introduces a research-grounded series on dyslexia and foreign language learning.

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Phonics, Teaching & Learning Great Expectations Education 04/04/2026 Phonics, Teaching & Learning Great Expectations Education 04/04/2026

Why I Use Games to Teach Reading

Why game-based phonics practice works better than word lists - and why decoding matters more than guessing. With research references.

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Great Expectations Education 09/04/2025 Great Expectations Education 09/04/2025

How can we support students who have slow processing speeds in the classroom?

Here's the last of my posts looking at Processing Speed. This time I'm looking at the supports we can put in place for students who struggle with this.

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Teaching & Learning, Dyslexia, Autism Great Expectations Education 01/04/2025 Teaching & Learning, Dyslexia, Autism Great Expectations Education 01/04/2025

How might slow processing speed be identified in the classroom?

Here's the second installment of my series on processing speed. This post examines how we might spot slow processing in our students, and our own children.

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Phonics, Dyslexia, Parent carer, Sibling carer Great Expectations Education 14/01/2024 Phonics, Dyslexia, Parent carer, Sibling carer Great Expectations Education 14/01/2024

Dyslexia and Decodables

Why are decodable books important for dyslexic learners?

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The Hearth - my newsletter, on word origins and notes from inside the SEND system.

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