The research suggests that children starting Year 1 are not meeting some or all of the early years goals for communication and language development Dave Thompson/PAA huge number of children aged five and six have a “vocabulary deficiency” and are struggling to learn or understand test questions, according to a report by Oxford University Press. Almost half of pupils in Year 1 have a limited vocabulary which is damaging their learning. The report said that there was a significant and widening “word gap” between less articulate children and their classmates. The organisation questioned more than 1,300 teachers who said that the problem was getting worse and was causing disruption in classrooms. The research suggests that children starting Year 1 are not meeting some or all of the early years goals for communication and language development, which include following instructions involving several ideas or actions, such as: “Hang your coat up…

Source: The Times April 19, 2018 07:52 UTC