This week the Vocabulary Detectives are solving the mystery of American education. Sarah Ledger is joined by a fresh off the plane Lisa Parkinson, to talk about Lisa’s experience in the sunshine state of Florida, providing Lexonik training to American educators. 

They discuss the differences with American English, the structure of the U.S. education system and how Lexonik’s universal principles of teaching can cross oceans to improve literacy!

Presented by Sarah Ledger CEO and Lisa Parkinson, Director at Lexonik.

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Before committing to any new school initiative, it’s important to demonstrate due diligence and research your prospective purchase. This is of course especially important for school leaders when we consider the current financial constraints on UK schools. 

Sarah and Lisa discuss how to evaluate the impact of interventions, factors to consider in delivering those interventions and how to use data on progress to ensure that your school is getting the most bang for your buck!

Presented by Sarah Ledger CEO and Lisa Parkinson, Director at Lexonik.

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Our latest Vocabulary Detectives podcast episode centres on the news that the National Literacy Trust has completed its 12 month assessment of our Lexonik Advance intervention.

Sarah and Lisa discuss the outstanding conclusions of the NLT impact evaluation, and delve into the issue of why an educational provider might seek to get its product or service externally assessed.

Not only was the NLT able to conclude that Lexonik Advance had had significant impact on students – in terms of reading age gains and literacy confidence – but, significantly, that there was positive and marked impact on the teachers being trained.

The full report can be found here

A summary is captured here

If after listening to this episode, and reading the report for yourself, you’d like to reach out to our team to ask more questions or find out about the potential benefits for your school and staff, contact us

The Vocabulary Detectives are back with a brand-new episode all about how educators can best use their assessment data. 

“Assessed, Identified, Now What?” investigates what to consider when assessing learners, what to look for in your assessments and how all of this leads to putting your student data to good use.

Presenters: Sarah Ledger and Lisa Parkinson from Lexonik

In this episode the Vocabulary Detectives explore reading fluency and give their thoughts on how and whether it can be taught.

They cover the building blocks of reading fluency and how essential skills such as automaticity and syllabification are needed to achieve fluency.

Presented by:  Sarah Ledger, Lisa Parkinson and Anne Wassell from Lexonik

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In this episode the Vocabulary Detectives are joined by Katy Parkinson, Founder of Lexonik and explore the stem ‘pend’. Katy also talks about her motivation behind founding the company.

Presented by:  Lisa Parkinson and Anne Wassell and guest Katy Parkinson from Lexonik

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In this episode the Vocabulary Detectives explore contranyms and why there is always a bra in the library!

Presented by:  Sarah Ledger, Lisa Parkinson and Anne Wassell from Lexonik

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In this episode Lisa and Sarah explore how to teach and learn vocabulary, giving a focused classroom method any teacher could use in any classroom.

Presented by:  Sarah Ledger and Lisa Parkinson from Lexonik

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Covid and the pandemic has changed all of our lives forever, including our vocabulary. Join Sarah, Lisa and Anne in an exploration of the vocabulary of the pandemic.

Presented by: Sarah Ledger, Lisa Parkinson and Anne Wassell from Lexonik

Language isn’t easy! Join Lisa and Anne as they explore annoyingly tricky words and confusing affixes. See how they manage in this episode without Sarah.

Presented by: Lisa Parkinson & Anne Wassell from Lexonik