Tag: reading
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 us to move to higher-order thinking skills and perform tasks...
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 the development of linguistic and cultural proficiency, and thus awareness,...
myON News: Putting More Fun into Nonfiction
From futuristic features on flying cars and fun facts about the rainforest to the latest football stats and fashion trends, who said nonfiction reading can’t be fun? Yet despite recent calls for increased nonfiction...
Shared Book Reading Benefits ELL Language Skills
Shared book reading—the process of reading alongside children and engaging them by pointing to pictures, discussing word meanings, and going over the book’s plot—has shown promise in boosting language growth for English Language Learners...
Report Claims Most US Teachers Not Trained to Create Readers
According to a report by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), a Washington-based think tank funded by the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, which received funding from the Bush administration to support No...
U.S. Judge Denies Right to Literacy
In Detroit last month, U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy III asserted that, despite its importance, the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee a fundamental right to literacy.
The plaintiffs (students and families), who accuse Michigan Governor Rick...
Cartoons and Comic Strips Shape Our Language
Richard Lederer is inspired by his hometown festival dedicated to cartoon characters from comic strips and comic books
San Diego Comic -Con is the largest gathering of comics and pop culture enthusiasts in the world....
The New Free Voluntary Reading?
Kenneth S. Horowitz finds a parallel between the use of video games and Krashen’s theories of Free Voluntary Reading and Free Voluntary Surfing
ESL teachers often wonder how it is possible that the same students...
Zombielandia Brings Reading to Life
Many resources for learning a second language can be unengaging and repetitive, like learning foods and animals. The award-winning book Planet Zombielandia does the exact opposite of that and is hilarious, fun, and a...
Reading for Number One
Bruce B. Brown examines how independent reading can transform the oute to English language acquisition
Whether in the elementary grades or adults in higher education, for English language learners (ELLs), reading is the most important...