Tag: reading
Bridging the Gap with Lindie Lou
The Lindie Lou Adventure Series books are charming, educational chapter books written at a second-grade reading level by author Jeanne Bender. Used in schools...
Audio Dissection
Language is as much a skill as it is a subject. Therefore, language learning must involve not only vocabulary and grammar study, but also...
Literacy Starts in the Library
Literacy is the foundation of everything we do for our learners. Reading is a required skill for every subject, whether it is science,...
Beginning Reading
Stephen Krashen examines the (huge) role of stories and the (limited) role of phonics
The goal of beginning reading instruction is to help students develop a...
Two Teams Share $7M Adult Literacy XPRIZE
XPRIZE, in partnership with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, has announced two grand prize winners of...
Preschool Reading Boosts Language Skills by Eight Months
A new review of existing research finds that receptive language skills—the ability to understand information – are improved by the equivalent of eight...
Helpful Resources for Preservice and In-Service Teachers and Academics
Routledge’s books for K–12 world language teachers include The World Language Teacher’s Guide to...
Have Fun Learning
If kids are having fun while learning a language, it is much more likely they will enjoy it and want to keep learning. One...
Decoding Versus Cognitive Ability
Terrie L. Noland believes we need to understand the automaticity of executing lower-level reading processes in order to master higher-level comprehension
Automaticity is necessary in everything we do to enable...
Cultivating a Personal Style
Juliet Falce-Robinson insists on individual style in a skills-based approach to language teaching
The goal of a successful language program is to foment and foster...
