Curriculum Craze!
Day 1: Comprehensive Manual
Day 2: Condensed Manual
Day 3: Reading Library
Day 4: English Language Enhancement (ELE)
Day 5: Professional Development for Teachers
Reading Horizons is CRAZY about its improved teaching reading curriculum and manuals! To help others see the benefits and improvements of the new manuals this week’s blog posts will take an in-depth look at the changes and features of the new Reading Horizons v5 curriculum manuals and instructor materials.
Participating in the comment section of each separate post will enter your name into a drawing for a free Reading Horizons v5 Condensed Teacher’s Kit (refer to question section at the bottom of this post for more information).
English Language Enhancement (ELE) Overview
The English Language Enhancement (ELE) was created for students that are learning English as a second language. The ELE helps students in their quest to learn English by helping them: understand why they want to improve their speaking abilities, set goals for their language learning, evaluate the strategies they have used in the past, experiment with new strategies, and review their experiences and select which methods are most effective for them personally. The ELE workbook focuses instruction in three main areas: vocabulary, pronunciation, and culture.
English Language Enhancement
Vocabulary Building
The vocabulary portion of the ELE encourages students to enhance their vocabulary through learning and trying different techniques and activities, such as:
- Create & Use Flashcards
- Learn Word Families
- Sort Vocabulary
- Study Prefixes & Roots
- Guess the Meaning of Words from Context
- Use a Dictionary
- Create Word Webs
- Select Words to Learn
Click here to view sample pages of Reading Horizons ELE vocabulary building activities.
Pronunciation Practice & Techniques
The ELE also helps students improve their pronunciation and provides them with different ways to promote the accuracy of their pronunciation. The ELE helps students with their pronunciation in the following areas:
- Recognize Voiced &Voiceless Sounds
- Pronouncing Plurals & Possessives
- Sentence Stress & Intonation
- Short & Long Vowels
- The Three Sounds of –ED
- Pronouncing Contractions
- Syllable Stress & the Schwa
- 42 Alphabet Sounds
- Minimal Pairs
Cultural Information
The ELE provides English language learners with cultural information which helps them understand English through gaining a larger cultural context. Information on the following cultural topics is provided in the ELE:
- Communication
- Charts & Graphs
- Numbers & Measurements
- Parts of the Body
- Family
- Public School Information
- Calendar
- Organization
- Traffic Signs
Click here to view sample pages of Reading Horizons ELE cultural supplement.
Video
In the following video Reading Horizons ESL Specialist, Heidi Hyte, discusses why the ELE is beneficial for English language learners:
Question
How do you think the ELE will benefit English language learners?
By answering this question in the comment section of this blog your name will be entered into a drawing for a FREE Condensed Teacher’s Kit. Responding to the question in separate posts will enter your name in the drawing multiple times (up to 5).
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