Anyway Sir Ian Taylor has a useful explanation which is below.
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Basically he points out that these are specialised books called coding books, and coding books are designed to teach only one language. There will be lots of other school books that include te reo, but not coding books.
UPDATE: Sir Ian has now done a column in Stuff which expands in more details:
UPDATE: Sir Ian has now done a column in Stuff which expands in more details:
As I discovered, decodable books are specialist books designed to help children crack the code of reading. They turn letters into sounds, blend those sounds into words, and build the foundations of literacy.
More importantly, by international best practice, decodable books are written in a single language. That’s the way they work everywhere in the world.
French decodables are in French. German in German. Spanish in Spanish. And, by extension, back here in Aotearoa, Māori decodables are in Māori. …
So, what’s the difference between decodable books and reading books?
A quick search revealed that reading books are designed to develop comprehension, imagination, and enjoyment. There is no rule that says they must be in a single language. These are the books my 5-year-old moko will soon move to, after she finishes the decodable books she currently thrives on.
So there will still be hundreds or even thousands of reading books in schools that have both English and te reo words in them. It is just the English decodable books that will in English just as the te reo decodable books will be in Maori.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
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The related Platform interview of Taylor very interesting.
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