Synopsis
Laverne explains how children in the UK are taught to read using phonics.
- Programme: Growing Children
- Episode: Dyslexia
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2012
- Education & Childcare | Support the development of literacy using a range of strategies
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