Reading and Literacy
Briefs and Reports
This brief examines the critical need to implement instruction at the secondary level around adolescent, or content-area, literacy. The challenge is to connect the teaching of literacy to the rest of the secondary education improvement agenda.
Sub-category: Early Reading
This resource was produced in response to a request: "What are state departments of education (SDE) doing to ensure that their universities are aligning their curricula with scientifically based reading research (SBRR) resources and practices with regard to teaching preservice teachers reading courses? This includes content, instruction, and books."
This resource was produced in response to the request: "Are states using an alternate reading core curriculum to teach students with disabilities in kindergarten through third grade (K–3)? Include any research on efficacy, if possible, specifically with reference to the southeastern United States."
This resource was produced in response to a request: "Are multisensory structured language (MSL) programs more effective than other intervention models for addressing the needs of students identified with characteristics of dyslexia? Does current scientifically based reading research (SBRR) support this or should new guidance to the districts be considered?"
This article helps teachers better understand what reading abilities need to be tested and how to go about testing the essential areas that are so important to reading development.
Sub-category: Languages Other Than English
Early Language Learning Programs: Reaping the Benefits, Facing the Challenges: LOTE CED Communiqué - Issue 4 (2001)
This newsletter describes the types of early language learning programs that currently exist, and provides a rationale for implementing a language immersion model.
This newsletter describes the types of early language learning programs that currently exist, and provides a rationale for implementing a language immersion model.
Enough Dissing Already! Fostering Connections Between Foreign Language Teachers at the Primary and Secondary Levels and Higher Education: LOTE CED Communiqué - Issue 1 (2001)
This publication discusses how the foreign language education (FLE) field suffers from major "dissing" between practicing teachers, at the primary and secondary levels, and the post-secondary level.
This publication discusses how the foreign language education (FLE) field suffers from major "dissing" between practicing teachers, at the primary and secondary levels, and the post-secondary level.
IC? I see! Developing Learners' Intercultural Competence: LOTE CED Communiqué - Issue 3 (2001)
This newsletter discusses new ways to teach culture in the foreign language classroom.
This newsletter discusses new ways to teach culture in the foreign language classroom.
In a World of Theory, Chaos Reigns: Theory to practice and Practice to Theory: LOTE CED Communiqué - Issue 2 (2001)
This newsletter discusses the connection between practitioners, who concentrate on practical applications, and theorists, who focus primarily on the language acquisition process.
This newsletter discusses the connection between practitioners, who concentrate on practical applications, and theorists, who focus primarily on the language acquisition process.
