Ep. 167: The Relationship Between Phonics and Language Comprehension with Tiffany Hogan

Today talk to researcher Tiffany Hogan about language comprehension. We’ll start with the Simple View of Reading, exploring the relationship between phonics and language comprehension. Then we’ll discuss knowledge as the result of systematic and explicit language comprehension instruction and share approaches that work in the classroom - like read-alouds and discourse. Tiffany P. Hogan, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, Director of the Speech and Language (SAiL) Literacy Lab and the center for translational research, implementation science, and dissemination for equity in CSD, (cTIDE), Research Associate at Harvard University, and inaugural research affiliate for the Boston University Center for Anti-Racist Research. Resources Mentioned in this Episode ASHA Voices on Apple Podcasts On the Importance of Listening Comprehension If you don't look, you don't see: Measuring language development to inform literacy instruction List of commercially available Developmental Language Disorder (DLDP) Screeners DLDandme.org RADLD.org Understanding Dyslexia in the Context of Developmental...