Dr. Mann.
So glad you are working in a school! Your research about morphology and literacy has been an important influence.
While I continue to publish, my main focus is working directly with schools and educators to help them understand English orthography so that they can target that understanding in literacy instruction from the beginning of formal instruction. My 2018 article with my brother, Jeff Bowers (https://tinyurl.com/y9gh6l8e) addresses this issue. Morphology is key, of course, but it's really about the interrelation of morphology, etymology and phonology. The evidence from meta-analyses of morphological instruction is that it brings the greatest benefits to younger and less able students.
However, few have an image of what morphology instruction can look like in early literacy instruction let alone orthographic instruction. I thought you might be interested in
Some practical examples from schools I've been working with. This recent piece shares examples from pre-school to Gr. 2 that may interest you. https://tinyurl.com/y7oan9wz.
If you find that useful, I'd be delighted to discuss any aspect of this kind of instruction further with you. I'm not good at Research Gate. Feel free to email me at [email protected]
You can see the practical work I'm doing at my website www.wordworkskingston.com
Regardless, I'm always excited to see researchers diving into schools!
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