[etni] Students failed by language system
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Students failed by language system
The Australian - August 11, 2006
SCHOOLS are failing students with poor spelling and grammar and the time has
come to reintroduce the direct teaching of basic language skills.
Federal Education Minister Julie Bishop said yesterday the results of Year 7
literacy tests in NSW this year revealed that fewer than half the students
tested could identify verbs or adjectives and only 7 per cent could spell
"definitely".
Ms Bishop said the results were unacceptable and were the result of specific
lessons on grammar and spelling being dropped. "These results indicate we
are failing our students, the system is failing the students," she said.
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