Signy Wegener

Lecturer at the Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy, Australian Catholic University

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

🚨 PhD scholarship opportunity 🚨 Join me on my Australian Research Council-funded DECRA project, which aims to discover how children adjust their initial mispronunciations as they learn to read irregular words https://t.co/RBQQqjaVvV

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

@Adv_Literacy

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

PhD scholarship available to work with me on an ARC-funded project investigating mispronunciation correction (set for variability) in primary school readers. Based in Sydney. Open to domestic and international applicants. Advertisement here: https://t.co/tnMWadB2Rs Please RT.

[Danielle Colenbrander @dccolen]

Just published meta-analysis (open access): Morphology instruction is effective for improving reading and spelling outcomes, and spelling effects can transfer to untrained words – but we still need to learn more about why it works and how best to teach it https://t.co/Jx3tuGWbMz

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

@IILearning Thanks, I'll check it out

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

Excited & grateful to share that my @arc_gov_au #DECRA application was successful. I’ll be spending the next 3 years working out how children adjust their mispronunciations as they learn to read new words. Huge thanks to my collaborators and mentors #DE25 @Adv_Literacy @ACUmedia

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

@PamelaSnow2 Thanks so much 😊

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

@KevinWheldall Thanks so much!

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

@FIVEfromFIVE Thanks so much!

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

@RWheldall Thank you, Robyn 😊

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

@ReadOxford Thanks, Kate ☺️ It’s such a wonderful surprise

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

@MaxLoomes Thanks so much!

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

@NMarencin Thank you, Nancy ☺️

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

@FlorinaErbeli Thanks, Florina! That means a lot coming from you. Love your research, too ☺️

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

@SpeldNSW Thanks so much!

[Saskia Kohnen (she/her/hers) @SaskiaKohnen]

What can you do if your child hates reading? @Adv_Literacy's Gen McArthur: https://t.co/TDChEsh0ZW via @ConversationEDU Literacy Clinic: @AusLiteracy

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

@FlorinaErbeli @Ying_XU_ Aw, that’s kind of you to say. Thank you! In case it’s of interest, I’m always happy to answer any questions you might have.

[Australian Literacy Clinic @AusLiteracy]

What is phonics and why is it used to teach reading? A great piece by @AusLiteracy Director @SaskiaKohnen, @Adv_Literacy Director Rauno Parrila & ARC laureate professor @annecastles https://t.co/toBvg1R9VW via @ConversationEDU

[Signy Wegener @SignyWegener]

🚨 New preprint: Eye tracking and simulating the spacing effect during orthographic learning https://t.co/0qV51o5OyV with @annecastles Lisi Beyersmann @ReadOxford @Huachen_Wang & Erik Reichle

[Nic Badcock (he/him) @NicBadcock]

Off the back of the #DSFConf, surreal last-minute night with Oxford and Macquarie connections in our backyard! @annecastles @SaskiaKohnen @georgina_perry @SalinsAndrea @dccolen @ricketts_lara @SignyWegener @drerinbanales