Monday 22 October 2007
8:00pm
Lost for Words , the childhood literacy season on Channel 4, begins with a Dispatches investigation into why so many of Britain’s children can’t read. A fifth of youngsters leaving primary school can’t read and write properly. Reporter Alex Thomson investigates how this failure has come about and shows that with the right teaching methods virtually every child in mainstream schooling can be taught to read. Focusing on the effectiveness of the various methods currently employed to teach children to read, Thompson also explores the wider societal impact of poor literacy rates.
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