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| Description | Comprises correspondence and papers regarding the work of the Unit including:
'Draft proposal for research into the early stages of learning to read with an augmented Roman alphabet'
'The new scheme of the University of London, Institute of Education for teaching children to read by means of an Augmented Roman Alphabet containing 19 additional characters' by Axel Wijk, Docent in English at the University of Stockholm, including some correspondence from Wijk in opposition to the Institute's proposals
Papers regarding the partnership between the Unit and Nuffield Foundation
Agendas of meetings, with some minutes
Correspondence between members of the academic committee
Newspaper cuttings regarding the work of the Unit
Reports on the Augmented Roman Alphabet research, including by head teachers
'Pronunciation and standard print-forms' draft paper March 1962
Proposal to the Gulbenkian Foundation for a grant to extend the research
'Experiments with an augmented alphabet for beginning readers in British Schools' by John Downing, Director of the Unit presented at the 27th Educational Conference, New York, 1-2 November 1962 |