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Nora Chahbazi

Founder, EBLI

My Podcast Interview with Darius Namdaran of Dyslexia Explored

I was recently interviewed by Darius Namdaran for his podcast Dyslexia Explored. Darius is an excellent interviewer, and I shared some insights with him on this interview that I’ve never before shared publicly. The interview ran over 90 minutes.

Darius also asked some questions and graciously allowed me to answer him by teaching him an impromptu EBLI lesson (you can view the lesson starting at 1:06:52 in the video).

Watch the Full Interview Here

(Including Impromptu EBLI Lesson)

Here’s a timestamped quick synopsis of what you’ll hear about in this podcast:

0:00Welcome & Introduction – Dyslexia and Reading
1:25Nora’s Background
3:30Nora’s Story – How it All Began
5:07The Wakeup Call
7:08Researching Reading
7:38Defining Whole Language (Balanced Literacy)
9:35Defining Traditional Phonics
10:49After the Research, Then What?
11:43Discovered the Reading Center – Learn to Read in 12 Hours
12:39Defining Reading Recovery
13:27Research shows what you need to do to teach anybody how to read – Nora taught her child to read in 3 hours
18:15Becoming a Phonographix Trainer
18:45Opening a Reading Center & First Teacher Training
20:00EBLI is Born
22:26Phonographix vs. Whole Language & Phonics
25:03Helping the Teachers Teach Students How to Read
27:37The English Code
30:57What is EBLI and the EBLI Journey
39:17An Invisible Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
41:07Where does OG fit within the instructional approaches?
46:17The Reading Wars + a 3rd way
49:00“Sold a Story” podcast series
52:45What’s all this about “12 hours”?
1:06:52Nora teaches Darius an impromptu EBLI lesson (check out the video!)
1:24:36How to get EBLI
1:26:15There is a Solution
1:37:53Timeline for EBLI Training
1:40:30Longer Multisyllable Words

I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to do this interview! As always, I look forward to your feedback. Please share your thoughts and takeaways via email (info@ebli.com) or on the EBLI Facebook Page.

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