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A summer of talk and reading

July 3, 2020July 2, 2020Oxford English Team

The term ‘word gap’ is used to describe how children with a smaller vocabulary than others are disadvantaged in a range of ways. There are two main ways you can support your child and help them to build their vocabulary – by encouraging reading for pleasure, Here we share a range of ideas to help […]

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Closing the word gap in history: 6 ways to build Historic vocabulary

April 23, 2019May 8, 2019Oxford History Team

In 2018 we surveyed over 1,300 primary and secondary school teachers about their experiences of the Word Gap in schools and collated our findings in the Oxford Language Report . The report found evidence of a significant word gap in UK schools, an increasing problem which is holding back children’s learning.  Following on from this research, we partnered […]

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