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