Recordings Capture Writers' Voices Off the Page

The British Library has released rare recordings of the voices of British and American writers. All Things Considered, NPR, October 23, 2008

Literacy and Online Reading

NCTE member Donald Leu, holder of the John and Maria Neag Endowed Chair in Literacy and Technology and director of The New Literacies Research Lab at the University of Connecticut, is interviewed. Focus 580, WILL Radio, September 4, 2008 (scroll down to program)

Donald Leu is a contributor to NCTE's Secondary School Literacy: What Research Reveals for Classroom Practice.

Slowing Speech Eases Child's Ability to Listen

Wichita State audiology professor Ray Hull says that students young and old better understand teachers who speak more slowly than the average adults do. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 22, 2008