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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Unmasking the Myths: My Decade-Long Clash with Professor Pamela Snow (Part 1 of 3)


 

🚨 Unmasking the Myths: My Decade-Long Clash with Professor Pamela Snow


“Reading is biologically unnatural.” — Professor Pamela Snow, 2018

 

For over a decade, I’ve challenged this myth—and the silence surrounding it. I’ve taught 80+ children since 2004, many fluent in Malay and Pinyin yet stumbling in English. The fix? Teach consonant phonemes correctly. Pure /b/, not “buh.” Results in four months flat.

 

But Professor Pamela Snow, a leading voice in Australia’s Science of Reading (SoR) movement, has dodged, muted, and dismissed my evidence. This three-part series exposes the myths, the dodges, and the consequences.