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In this book, eight leading authorities provide a 'state of the art' overview of reading, using perspectives that have informed their work. There are overviews from linguistic, psychological, sociological, literary viewpoints, and from investigations of digital literacy and multi-modality.

Language play occurs when people manipulate language in some way, often for fun and always for impact. Alliteration, unexpected vocabulary, phrases that deliberately provoke thought each have impact and appear in all types of writing, whether factual, literary or persuasive. Language play is evident throughout life too: from simple word repetition in the early years, to the rhymes of primary school poetry and the mischievous metaphors in adult...

Hinterland is a quarterly, print and digital magazine dedicated to the very best new creative non-fiction writing. With striking cover art from Richard Horne, Issue 2 features a stellar line-up of writers both well known and sparkling new.

Roger Beard traces the historical development of policy and practice in areas such as reading development, phonics and writing, and pinpoints interdisciplinary research as the key to addressing complex educational issues that transcend the conceptual reach of a single discipline.

Writing development is currently the focus of substantial international debate because it is the aspect of literacy education that has been least responsive to central government and state reforms. Teaching approaches in writing have been slower to change than those in teaching reading and pupil attainment in writing has increased at a much more modest rate than pupil attainment in reading. This handbook critically examines research and theo...