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I have recently done much Internet research on Phoneme/Grapheme awareness and
came upon the THRASS site through this exploration – What a discovery! I feel
that THIS is the answer to empower both facilitators and learners, particularly
our learners, who experience barriers to learning. I will be researching the
progress of the different pupils, depending on their specific barriers with
bated breath! Your enthusiasm and knowledge touched me profoundly. God bless
you.
Fantastic course! I have seen THRASS working in my class and I look forward to
implementing the new ideas during my lessons. The concepts and ideas of THRASS
are easy to understand and were explained very well by Laola. Thank you for a
fantastic three days.
A very interesting course – an eye-opener. It addressed a number of issues and
problems I have experienced teaching phonics on the Letterland system in the
Grade R class. An exciting concept that I will go out and repeat at our school.
Thank you so much.
I think that it was a wonderful course to attend. As a speech therapist, I could
only assist my children to a certain extent, i.e. with phoneme-grapheme
correspondence, analysis and synthesis (auditory). I struggled to develop their
reading and spelling skills. Now I feel empowered to assist my learners.
Very exciting concept. Well presented. Thank you.
Presentation of course was logical and progressive, and provided tools and
support activities to implement the programme. It was informative and reinforced
the need to provide choices when teaching. I am an independent nursery school,
specialising in Early Childhood Development and feeding pupils on to schools
where THRASS has already been implemented. This course has provided an
opportunity for me to provide the building blocks and skills required in order
for the method to be followed through. Laola was energetic, passionate and
inspiring. I thoroughly enjoyed the course. I am also involved in training
teachers in the informal settlement, who have not yet obtained qualifications in
Early Childhood Development and feel that exposure to this course will be
invaluable to these facilitators.
Very interesting. Excellent presentation. Laola was excellent in her explanation
of everything. It will be a challenge to start with it at school.
I found it very interesting. Throughout the three days I have learnt a lot of
things I did not know before. Laola is a friendly person and if I had a chance
to come back again, I would.
I loved the course so much and I do hope that this will be the best in our
children’s future, as it has a lot of fun stuff for the young ones. I do believe
that if I start now, we are going to have more important persons in the world.
Laola is a great teacher. Whatever she did with us, she showed interest, was
always smiling and made sure that we understood every little thing we did.
Thank you, Laola, for a most elucidating presentation given with verve and
enthusiasm. A fresh new approach to teaching reading, writing and spelling to
our LSEN learners. Apart from being very insightful, it was also inspiring. I
will certainly use THRASS wherever I go – after retirement as well.
A very informative course. Loved every bit of it. It makes English much more
understanding from an Afrikaans point of view. Laola was terrific and very
patient answering questions and going back and explaining again. Well done!
Extremely interesting. Hopefully, a light at the end of the tunnel to help with
our spelling, reading and handwriting problems. Very helpful, both as a teacher
and a parent. My child has all three problematic areas. The whole system makes
so much more sense than other systems I have seen/or taught. Thanks so much!
Fantastic! It all makes a lot of sense. The multi-sensory approach facilitates
learning in a fun way, that consolidates the right information! I am excited to
implement this! Laola is a good presenter and knows what she is talking about.
This has broadened my perspective and inspired me!
I enjoyed the course. Laola is a very good spokesperson, dynamic. Would like to
start using it, especially with the younger children. Unsure of implementation
with higher grades. Appears to be very useful.
It was a wonderful experience to see how the English language and spelling
actually jells together. I cannot wait to start and I am positive, the result
will be great. Laola presented it in such a positive way, with great enthusiasm.
The writing of the letters poses a problem, as our font is ‘normal’ print (whole
school), but I will be implementing Sassoon as soon as I get the go-ahead from
the HOD. School policy will have to change.
I found the course informative, enlightening and utterly inspiring. It’s as if
there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and I feel filled with hope that I will
at last be able to offer my learners a sensible system. Laola’s presentation was
excellent.
I thought the course was excellent. A new, more effective way for teaching
handwriting, reading and spelling. I am looking forward to implementing this in
the classroom. Laola is brilliant. I loved it.
Course was very enjoyable – definitely a paradigm shift. Would like to see a
similar programme for Afrikaans.
Extremely interesting and helpful. I believe children with learning problems
will benefit from THRASS. Laola’s presentation was lively and comprehensive.
I found the course very worthwhile. It was well presented and very informative.
I feel children will really benefit from this method. It makes children more
willing to try and less scared of failure, as English spelling and reading is
not as prescriptive and enigmatic as before.
It was a very interesting, stimulating course. This method makes so much sense.
Resources, material are well thought over. Laola is an interesting, lively,
enthusiastic presenter who believes in THRASS.
I liked and enjoyed the new way in which English, I believe, will be taught
currently and in the future.
I have learnt that no matter how much you learn, there is still more to learn. I
enjoyed the THRASS course because I know that I can teach my kids how to read,
write and speak proper English. Laola is very interesting and informative. She
taught me that there is a lot more to the English language. It was an eye opener
and I thank you for the opportunity for learning more.
Very enlightening – makes it easier to understand reading, writing and spelling
of English, as it is such a complex language. This is a wonderful tool that
could be invaluable to all teachers and learners. Thank you so much and good
luck for future endeavours.
What a pity I only learnt about this method so late. I found it fascinating –
excellent and informative.
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