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Anne Castles

@annecastles.bsky.social
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ARC Laureate Fellow at the Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy, ACU. Working to understand reading and its disorders.

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Anne Castles @annecastles.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Join me + @National Literacy Trust to translate the latest reading research into strategies for today's classroom. #ReconstructingReading 📅 Nov 💻 Online 🚨£100 until 30 September Book now: literacytrust.org.uk/events/recon...
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Reconstructing Reading 2026 | National Literacy Trust
16 to 26 November. Reconstructing Reading is an online conference bringing international literacy leaders together to explore strategies that empower every reader - in ways that work in today’s classr...
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Jessica Colleu Terradas CF @jessicacolleu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Glad to see our recent publication sparked some discussions about how morphology might be integrated across disciplinary subjects in high schools @annecastles.bsky.social @dccolen.bsky.social educationhq.com/news/morphol...
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Morphological knowledge likely unlocks improved outcomes for secondary students
Targeted morphology instruction in secondary classrooms could be the key to boosting students’ spelling and writing skills at a critical time when they are encountering increasingly demanding texts, a...
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This dog takes advantage of someone washing their car to use the brush 😎💙😎
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Anne Castles @annecastles.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Glad to make an appearance here along with Kate Nation and @kathyrastle.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/impactful-ar...
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Jessica Colleu Terradas CF @jessicacolleu.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
My first publication is out 🎉 Open Access in the Journal for Research in Reading. lnkd.in/g3HeAR78 Grateful for everyone who supported this work, especially my supervisors @annecastles.bsky.social @dccolen.bsky.social Rauno Parrila and the schools, parents, and students involved.
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Anne Castles @annecastles.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
New from our group, led by Jessica Colleu Terradas: doi.org/10.1111/1467...
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Relationships Between Morphological Knowledge, Spelling and Writing in Adolescents
Background Spelling proficiency is crucial for expressing abstract ideas in writing. In secondary school, students are increasingly required to spell morphologically complex, subject-specific words,...
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Anne Castles @annecastles.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
What to know what our Centre for the Advancement of Literacy has been up to? See our latest newsletter and previous ones here www.acu.edu.au/about-acu/fa...
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Newsletters | ACAL
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Andy Tattersall @andytattersall.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
If you are part of a university or UK facing research organisation, publisher, funder, learned society and they are still posting on X - they're in a rather uncomfortable minority now. Perhaps point them to the eXit. My piece for the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... 1/3
An infographic with weighing scales showing that the majority of universities not on X outweigh those still using the platform
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Kathy Rastle @kathyrastle.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Do subtitles help children learn to read? Read our blog for the Children's Media Foundation to find out! www.thechildrensmediafoundation.org/archives/170...
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Can same‑language subtitles help children learn to read? - The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF)
Only a few studies have tested whether same-language subtitles help children become better readers, and their findings are mixed. To provide an evidence-based answer, the Nuffield Foundation recently ...
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Anne Castles @annecastles.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
We are excited to share with you our new web page dedicated to the Laureate Research Program, the people involved, and the projects we are working on. We will be adding to this as the research of the program progresses. You can see it here: tinyurl.com/53ce3zvd
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Jessica Colleu Terradas CF @jessicacolleu.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Thrilled to present alongsideProf @annecastles.bsky.social to a packed room, sharing emerging findings from my PhD on spelling & morphology in Australian Year 7 students. This work connects to future Laureate Centre projects on adolescent literacy—big things ahead! @researchedaus.bsky.social
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Anne Castles @annecastles.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Come join us to discuss advancing high school literacy on November 1
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Anne Castles @annecastles.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Glad to be joining @bsky.app. Follow me to read about research we are doing in #reading #dyslexia #learning and #language
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Anne Castles @annecastles.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Glad to be joining @bsky.app. Follow me to read about research we are doing in #reading #dyslexia #learning and #language
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Anne Castles @annecastles.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
My nephew is one harsh book reviewer:
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