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About MULTILIT (Making Up Lost Time in Literacy)

• A research initiative of Macquarie University led by Professor Kevin Wheldall, director of MUSEC (Macquarie University Special Education Centre)
  
• The MULTILIT approach to the teaching of reading incorporates all the key findings of the Australian National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy (2005)
  and addresses each of the five areas of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension and vocabulary. 
• Specifically the MULTILIT Reading Tutor Program (Revised) was
  developed to put current reading research into effective teaching practice.  It is an efficient, evidence-based approach to helping readers who are significantly behind their peers.  Typically a child will make 15 months progress in word recognition in just 2 terms of instruction.
• Hundreds of schools across Australia have chosen MULTILIT to help their
  low-progress readers succeed.  The program’s strength lies in its systematic
  and data-driven approach.
• Implementing the MULTLIT Reading Tutor Program (Revised) in a school requires a commitment to teaching those ‘hardest-to-teach poor readers’ in a way that has proven efficacy and has been scientifically researched.
• The program is tutor led and should be delivered as often as possible
  during the week - (3-4 times in a school or twice a week by a tutor).
• It has three strands: Word Attack (phonics), Sight Words and Reinforced Reading (reading of connected text). 
• A placement test given at the start of intervention ensures that the student
  is put onto the level where decoding has started to become challenging.
• The tutor then systematically works through each level of the word attack with the student, applying scripted interventions when errors are made.  Once a student has mastered their current level, they progress to the next.  Students are taught a strategy for tackling unfamiliar words.
• Sight Words are taught at the same time with built-in revision as you progress through the list of 200. Automatic recognition of these words improves a
  reader’s ability to read text fluently and with understanding. 
• The last strand of the program is known as Reinforced Reading which ties everything together. It is during this part of the lesson that the student learns to generalise the skills learnt using levelled or real books, chosen carefully to be at an instructional level, to make those connections.  The program is
  suitable for any low progress reader aged 7 and above. 
  
• It is highly recommended that you attend a one-day training workshop to learn exactly how to deliver the program.
  
• The MULTILIT Reading Tutor Program has been trialled and researched in a variety of contexts including schools, community projects and at the MULTILIT reading clinic.
  
  

To find out more about using MULTILIT in your school or business, contact us on 1300 55 99 19 or visit the website www.multilit.com

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Introduction to MULTILIT