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The need to improve achievement in literacy through school education has been a constant preoccupation in government policies across the globe. These concerns are exemplified by this British government policy statement: ‘We will improve early numeracy and literacy, promoting systematic synthetic phonics and assessing reading at the age of six to make sure that all children are on track’ (Department for Education, 2010: 43).
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Leung, C., Street, B. (2014). Classroom Constructions of Language and Literacy Activity. In: Prinsloo, M., Stroud, C. (eds) Educating for Language and Literacy Diversity. Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137309860_2
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