Name: Bett Asia
Start: 2026-09-23T09:00:00+08:00
End: 2026-09-24T17:00:00+08:00
Location: Mandarin Oriental

Identifying and closing the literacy gap

The literacy gap in K12 students is most evident during the transition from primary to secondary, but it clearly doesn't start there. By the time a child reaches that point, the gap has been forming for years.

Drawing on READy+, a large literacy programme's data from 249 schools across Selangor, this session shows what diagnostic-led foundational literacy delivers at scale, and the moves any teacher can make to build it before the transition does the exposing.

Attendees will learn about a shared definition of literacy that allows every teacher to make literacy gaps visible. This will include why a didactic style produces children who can read aloud but cannot comprehend, and how to teach them to monitor their own reading rather than wait to be told.

Attendees will also learn how to handle the literacy handover at the move to secondary so a child's gap travels with them rather than going invisible.

Wednesday 23 September 12:00 - 12:30 Classroom Theatre

Add to calendar 09/23/2026 12:00 09/23/2026 12:30 Identifying and closing the literacy gap Do teachers have a shared understanding of what literacy is? Classroom Theatre Asia/Shanghai