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Rigorous Reading
Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey suggest strategies to help students engage with complex texts
Fourth grader Mario sits at his desk, staring at the page...
Personalize Literacy and Language Instruction with E-Books and Audiobooks
OverDrive offers teachers an ever-growing collection of tools for literacy and language instruction and access to an extensive digital library of e-books and audiobooks....
All You Need is Read
Dianne Henderson and Gene Kerns offer practical strategies to help all students reap the benefits of reading
A new report says that nearly half of...
When One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Sara Davila addresses the challenges of mixed-ability classrooms
Have you often found that, even with a reliable placement test, many students in the same class...
Accessibility and Inclusivity in Language Education
Education, in general, is facing issues with providing
students with accessibility options; likewise, that inevitably affects the
field of language acquisition. What can educators do to...
Taking the Fear Out of Dyslexia
It has only been in the last decade or so that dyslexia
has been recognized as a legitimate issue. In the past, dyslexia has been
ignored,...
Meeting Teachers’ Needs to Help Dyslexic Students Succeed
The beginning of a new year always brings new education policies and strategies. U.S. educators currently find themselves in a rapidly changing time for...
Free English Lessons in the UK for Non-native Speakers
Long-established group of English-language
schools, British Study Centres (BSC) is now offering free English lessons for
local, non-native speakers. The classes aim to increase the quality...
Reading in Any Language Improves Reading Levels in English
A new study shows early reading in any
language helps children learn to read English. The study, titled English
Reading Growth in Spanish-Speaking Bilingual Students:...
Intercultural Mediation
How shall I talk of the sea to the frog,if it has never left its pond?How shall I talk of the frost to the...
Radical Re-Thinking Required
According to the Migration Policy Institute, the U.S. meets the educational needs of less than 4% of its adult immigrant population—more than 20 million...
Introduction to Teaching Adult ELLs
Published by Cambridge University Press, Teaching Adult English Language Learners is a fully revised and updated edition of Betsy Parrish’s definitive textbook Teaching Adult...
