@SignyWegener

Lecturer at the Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy, Australian Catholic University

 Sydney, Australia
acu.edu.au/acal
Joined May 2012
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🚨New preprint🚨 Children resolving spoken mispronunciations: The role of sentence context doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hp5a…
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🚨 PhD scholarship opportunity 🚨 Join me on my Australian Research Council-funded DECRA project, which aims to discover how children adjust their initial mispronunciations as they learn to read irregular words acu.edu.au/research-and-ente…
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PhD scholarship available to work with me on an ARC-funded project investigating mispronunciation correction (set for variability) in primary school readers. Based in Sydney. Open to domestic and international applicants. Advertisement here: tinyurl.com/p7m5zukc Please RT.
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Just published meta-analysis (open access): Morphology instruction is effective for improving reading and spelling outcomes, and spelling effects can transfer to untrained words – but we still need to learn more about why it works and how best to teach it doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-0…
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Excited & grateful to share that my @arc_gov_au #DECRA application was successful. I’ll be spending the next 3 years working out how children adjust their mispronunciations as they learn to read new words. Huge thanks to my collaborators and mentors #DE25 @Adv_Literacy @ACUmedia
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What can you do if your child hates reading? @Adv_Literacy's Gen McArthur: theconversation.com/what-can… via @ConversationEDU Literacy Clinic: @AusLiteracy

What can you do if your child hates reading?

Book Week is a time to celebrate reading and favourite characters. But not all children like to read.

theconversation.com
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What is phonics and why is it used to teach reading? A great piece by @AusLiteracy Director @SaskiaKohnen, @Adv_Literacy Director Rauno Parrila & ARC laureate professor @annecastles theconversation.com/what-is-… via @ConversationEDU

What is phonics and why is it used to teach reading?

Victoria has just announced all government schools will be required to use phonics to teach reading from next year.

theconversation.com
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🚨 New preprint: Eye tracking and simulating the spacing effect during orthographic learning osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/8j… with @annecastles Lisi Beyersmann @ReadOxford @Huachen_Wang & Erik Reichle
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Off the back of the #DSFConf, surreal last-minute night with Oxford and Macquarie connections in our backyard! @annecastles @SaskiaKohnen @georgina_perry @SalinsAndrea @dccolen @ricketts_lara @SignyWegener @drerinbanales
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So looking forward to this!
Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy@Adv_Literacy1 Mar 2024
Our Centre members will be out in force at the 2024 DSF Language, Literacy and Learning Conference in Perth. Hear from @annecastles, @drerinbanales, @dccolen, @tinadaniel456, @SaskiaKohnen, @RigobonReads, @SalinsAndrea, @SignyWegener and many more wonderful presenters!
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Our Literacy Clinic is opening in January - looks like 2024 will be off to a good start!
Australian Literacy Clinic@AusLiteracy22 Dec 2023
In January 2024, we will be joining @Adv_Literacy! We encourage you to continue your relationship with the Clinic at its new home. In the new year, you will be able to find us here: acu.edu.au/literacyclinic 02 9465 9777 [email protected]
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Our very own @annecastles has been named as one of the @GoodWeekendMag 52 Newsmakers for 2023. Find out why here: smh.com.au/interactive/2023/…

52 NEWS MAKERS OF 2023

Inspiring, elating and, in some cases, frustrating: meet the people who rocked Australia this year – for better or worse.

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Interested in doing a PhD on adolescent literacy with me and our team at @adv_Literacy. Open to both domestic and international applicants. acu.edu.au/research-and-ente…
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Come join us!
Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy@Adv_Literacy7 Nov 2023
Are you an #educator who's ready to advance your career and become an early literacy specialist? 📚📝 We are offering a ✨new✨ Graduate Certificate in Teaching Foundational Reading Skill with @ACUeduandarts starting in February 2024‼️ acu.edu.au/about-acu/faculti… 🧵1/6

Graduate Certificate in Literacy: Teaching Foundational Reading Skill

Advance your career and become a literacy specialist.

acu.edu.au
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Love it, @genxmac!
ACU Library@LibraryACU20 Oct 2023
Prof. Genevieve McArthur from @Adv_Literacy unpacks reading anxiety in her @ConversationEDU piece Some kids with reading difficulties can also have reading anxiety –what can parents do? bit.ly/46Eg0Oe Explore Genevieve's work on #ResearchBank_ACU bit.ly/3Mb1xRL

Some kids with reading difficulties can also have reading anxiety – what can parents do?

There is growing evidence suggesting difficulties with reading and mental health may be related in some children.

theconversation.com
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Loving this approach to thinking about set for variability: @LyndallMurray talking about eye tracking @SSSReading #SSSR2023
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In the last session of #SSSR2023 papers today, we are excited for @RigobonReads to present today about predictors of bilingual students’ cognate spelling performance. ✍🏼 See you in Pandanus at 3:10pm!✨✨
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Interesting study from @esraaataman @SSSReading #SSSR2023 showing orthographic skeleton effects for morphologically complex words @SignyWegener @beyersmann
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Good morning @SSSReading! 🌞 Today #SSSR2023 kicks off with our very own @genxmac chairing the symposium on reading and emotional health in Mirage 1 at 9am, including @SalinsAndrea’s talk that focuses on children with hearing difficulties at 9:40am! We’ll see you soon...
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