In article ,
lid says...
English city where the
average reading age is 7.


Where would that be? With a reference please

Janet

On 16/02/2013 10:59, Janet wrote:
In article ,
lid says...
English city where the
average reading age is 7.


Where would that be? With a reference please

Janet


Somewhere near the 7 bridge?

In article , david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says...

On 16/02/2013 10:59, Janet wrote:
In article ,
lid says...
English city where the
average reading age is 7.


Where would that be? With a reference please

Janet


Somewhere near the 7 bridge?

Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having
their reading ages tested/recorded.

Janet.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote:

English city where the average reading age is 7.

Where would that be? With a reference please

Somewhere near the 7 bridge?

Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having
their reading ages tested/recorded.

Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink
estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city.

Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average
reading age is around 8 or 9. B-(

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Cheers
Dave.

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote:

English city where the average reading age is 7.

Where would that be? With a reference please

Somewhere near the 7 bridge?

Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having
their reading ages tested/recorded.

Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink
estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city.

Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average
reading age is around 8 or 9. B-(

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Cheers
Dave.


That would be the readers of the Daily Mail wouldn't it?

Mike


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I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight.

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In article o.uk,
says...

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote:

English city where the average reading age is 7.

Where would that be? With a reference please

Somewhere near the 7 bridge?

Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having
their reading ages tested/recorded.

Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink
estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city.

Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average
reading age is around 8 or 9. B-(

That's below functional adult literacy so I think it's highly unlikely
to include the adult population. At least, not while current pensioners
are alive, as our cohort has a high literacy rate.

http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/rese..._research/2364
_literacy_state_of_the_nation


Janet

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote:

English city where the average reading age is 7.

Where would that be? With a reference please

Somewhere near the 7 bridge?

Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having
their reading ages tested/recorded.

Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink
estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city.

Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average
reading age is around 8 or 9.

What? Not for my family.

On 17/02/2013 00:56, Christina Websell wrote:
"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote:

English city where the average reading age is 7.

Where would that be? With a reference please

Somewhere near the 7 bridge?

Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having
their reading ages tested/recorded.

Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink
estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city.

Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average
reading age is around 8 or 9.

What? Not for my family.

Perhaps you are having difficulty with reading and understanding
mathematical concepts. UK average implies a national average. Some
will be higher some lower. By being higher you cannot drag the lowest
or the average up to your level.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/jan/24/books.politics

"Up to 16 million adults - nearly half the workforce - are holding
down jobs despite having the reading and writing skills expected of
children leaving primary school, a new report reveals today.

MPs on the Commons Public Accounts Committee claim that a major
government scheme costing billions of pounds has done little to
improve the quality of adult literacy and numeracy teaching.

The Department for Education is on course to have spent almost £6bn on
its Skills for Life scheme by 2010, but its first few years have
produced little evidence of improvement in provision in colleges or
on-the-job training by employers."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3641634.stm (from 2004)

"A scientist at Bath University looked at pages about diabetes on 15
internet health sites run mainly by charities and official bodies.

He found people would need a reading ability of an educated 11 to
17-year-old to understand the sites.

However, he said the average reading age of people in the UK was
equivalent to an educated nine-year-old."
--
Phil Cook

"Phil Cook" wrote in message
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On 17/02/2013 00:56, Christina Websell wrote:
"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote:

English city where the average reading age is 7.

Where would that be? With a reference please

Somewhere near the 7 bridge?

Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having
their reading ages tested/recorded.

Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink
estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city.

Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average
reading age is around 8 or 9.

What? Not for my family.

Perhaps you are having difficulty with reading and understanding
mathematical concepts. UK average implies a national average. Some will be
higher some lower. By being higher you cannot drag the lowest or the
average up to your level.
improve the quality of adult literacy and numeracy teaching.

Maybe we were just lucky to be intelligent or maybe our parents made us go
to school and NOT let us duck out.

In article ,
lid says...

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:04:08 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote:

English city where the average reading age is 7.

Where would that be? With a reference please

Somewhere near the 7 bridge?

Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having
their reading ages tested/recorded.

That doesn't mean it doesn't happen.


Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink
estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city.

Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average
reading age is around 8 or 9. B-(

Which makes an average reading age of 7 plausible.

Only if you think every internet repetition of false information makes
it true.

http://www.pitsnpots.co.uk/2010/05/w...oblem-locally/
"Councillors had a meeting yesterday with Alan Turley from the LSP
giving an update on progress in a number of areas.

He revealed that 50,000 adults in Stoke-on-Trent are functionally
illiterate (literacy or numeracy). [20% of the population]

Which means that 80 % ARE functionally literate therefore have a
reading age above "reading age 8/9"

Janet

In article ,
Janet wrote:
In article ,
says...

Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average
reading age is around 8 or 9. B-(

Which makes an average reading age of 7 plausible.

Only if you think every internet repetition of false information makes
it true.

Or you choose suitable interpretations of the word 'average'.

He revealed that 50,000 adults in Stoke-on-Trent are functionally
illiterate (literacy or numeracy). [20% of the population]

Which means that 80 % ARE functionally literate therefore have a
reading age above "reading age 8/9"

God help us all :-(


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article ,
lid says...

The average reading age of 7 comes from an NHS induction course for
new staff.

Refuted here

http://bel-epa.com/notes/Ginger/PPIG...eading-age.xml

Janet.

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:04:08 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:15:44 -0000, Janet wrote:

English city where the average reading age is 7.

Where would that be? With a reference please

Somewhere near the 7 bridge?

Under it, more like. I've never heard of an adult population having
their reading ages tested/recorded.

That doesn't mean it doesn't happen.


Some one "clever" probably did a survey of 50 adults on a council sink
estate and extrapolated the results to cover the whole city.

Having said that a google produces many hits which state the UK average
reading age is around 8 or 9. B-(

Which makes an average reading age of 7 plausible.

http://www.pitsnpots.co.uk/2010/05/w...oblem-locally/
"Councillors had a meeting yesterday with Alan Turley from the LSP
giving an update on progress in a number of areas.

He revealed that 50,000 adults in Stoke-on-Trent are functionally
illiterate (literacy or numeracy). [20% of the population]

I would argue that this has a dramatic impact on the level of literacy
of children and young adults leaving education, as this indicates that
many parents or carers do not have the basic skills to support
children outside of the school environment. ..."
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As the oldest child (by far) I taught my two brothers to read and write
before they went to school at 5 years old.
They are both doing well and have good jobs.
I started with flash cards when they were 3 and would attach them to (say) a
chair, which said "chair" etc, you get my drift. They were way ahead of
their peers and they've done it for their own children, who are also way
ahead. My oldest nephew is 18 and is studying physics at Bath University.
You cannot start too early exercising their intellect.
You can of course watch Jeremy Kyle all day and not bother with your kids.