Tag: Oxford Wordlist
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Literacy advice for teachers from the Oxford Wordlist research
The 2017 Oxford Wordlist research study was conducted in Australian schools and sought to compare date with the first Oxford Wordlist research, from 2007, and to provide an update list of high frequency words for writing and reading. This list is an important tool used by primary school teachers across Australia. The New Oxford Wordlist…
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Research reveals shifts in language used by Aussie kids, but the gender divide remains
The new Oxford Wordlist research has revealed Australian children had learnt to love their informal lingo, with words like super, awesome, crazy, stuff and amazing, featuring in the words most regularly used by primary school students. The research, released on June 25, drew on research from more than 3,000 writing samples and detailed the top…