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Contents tagged with Teaching Reading Tips
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4 Key Differences in Teaching ESL to Adults vs. Children
By Guest Writer, Lauren Bailey
For several years now, I’ve actively participated in a local literacy organization, which aims at teaching reading to recent immigrants. Although I’ve tutored and … more
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Approaches for Teaching ESL Students: Prediction vs. Decoding
One of my biggest character flaws is definitely impatience. One way I’ve discovered this is through my drive to complete other people’s sentences. I usually do this when I want to speed up a … more
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Supporting ESL Students: 10 Tips For Mainstream Teachers
From the 1997-98 school year to the 2008-09 school year, the amount of ESL learners enrolled in U.S. public schools increased from 3.5 million to 5.3 million, a 51% increase (National Clearinghouse … more
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ELL Instructional Strategies: Improving Vocabulary Improves Reading Fluency
Non-native speakers of English who are in an ELL classroom face struggles with reading in English even if they are already strong readers in their native language. The natural tendency is for the … more
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Five Effective Motivation Strategies for Struggling Readers
What do you find to be the most difficult thing about teaching beginning and struggling readers?
We asked this exact question to educators as they registered for a webinar. Of all the varying … more
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How to Make ESL Reading Instruction Effective
Guest Post by Dr. Eugenia Krimmel
As is made clear when working with a struggling reader or English Language Learner—reading is a complex language skill. Each aspect of reading has its own … more
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8 Classroom Accommodations for Dyslexia (That Benefit ALL Students)
Our Dyslexia Specialist/Teacher Trainer, Shantell Berrett, has a favorite saying she always tells teachers when teaching them how to help struggling readers (including those with dyslexia): “It is … more
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4 Tricks for Helping Students Correct b/d Letter Reversals
This blog post is brought to you by the lowercase letters b and d. They look so similar that you can see where confusion occurs for beginning readers and writers. Letter reversals are frequently seen … more
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Does Knowing How to Read Prepare You to Teach Reading?
In the world of psychology there is a phenomenon called “The Illusion of Explanatory Depth.” In their article on the phenomenon, Rozenblit and Keil (2002) explain that, “People feel they understand … more
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Six Characteristics of Effective Reading Teachers
It seems like there has been a lot of talk lately about measuring ‘teacher effectiveness’. In fact, some organizations are spending a lot of time and money trying to identify effective teachers and … more