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On Music and Literacy

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posted on 2023-05-22, 22:28 authored by Hodges, G

While it is now some considerable time ago, I do not ever remember finding reading difficult. In fact, I was voracious, often consuming paperbacks in a day and a night (albeit, often a late night – using torchlight!).

One of the reasons for this appetite may have been that as a bit of a loner in a family without television, books enabled my engagement with a wider and more exciting world. I was especially grateful for a lovely pair of elderly sisters who lived next door and generously offered an enticing library of classic literature that fed my appetite. As a result, I also never really found speaking difficult and had a vocabulary years above my age for most of my childhood.

History

Publication title

Communicating: The Heart of Literacy

Pagination

91-94

Department/School

School of Creative Arts and Media

Publisher

Chatter Matters Tasmania

Place of publication

Tasmania

Extent

80

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Learner and learning not elsewhere classified