In this episode, we delve into the world of experts who work with pre-schoolers and primary school children to uncover how young children learn to read. We examine how the human brain learns to read, and ask how the capacity to read in different languages has an impact on our brain and social and cultural development.

Episode Guests

• Dr Beth O’Brien, Principal Research Scientist, National Institute of Education
• Dr Sun Baoqi, Research Scientist, National Institute of Education
• Dr Mukhlis Abu Bakar, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education
• Dr Maryanne Wolf, Professor and Director of the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
• Ms Ling Xin Jin & Nadia

Recommended Reads

• Reader, Come Home by Maryanne Wolf
• The Reading Brain by Staislas Dehaene
• The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read
• Whorfian Hypothesis
• Sun, B., Loh, C. E. & Curdt-Christiansen, X. L. (2020) Leisure reading in multilingual Singapore: Reading Enjoyment, Habits and Preferences of Singaporean Children. Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices 1(2), 313-339.