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Direct linkJordi Casteleyn – Reading Teacher, 2025
This article examines findings from an umbrella review of 95 systematic reviews and meta-analyses on effective reading instruction. The analysis highlights that reading is a multifaceted process, requiring the integration of key components such as decoding, comprehension, fluency, and motivation. The review underscores the importance of early…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Processes
Rob Waring; Mintra Puripunyavanich – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2025
This study reports the perceptions and understanding of extensive reading (ER) of 259 ER practitioners in Japan, Thailand, Mongolia, and Vietnam. The majority of participants understood the core principles of ER, namely (a) the fluent reading of (b) a lot of (c) easy texts. However, about 25% of the participants in Thailand, Mongolia, and Vietnam…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Materials, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Teachers
Download full textHouston Independent School District, 2015
English language learners (ELLs) are at risk of falling behind academically because of unaddressed gaps in academic language and literacy skills. The Everyday ExcELLence Institute was a collaboration between the Multilingual, Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment and Professional Support & Development departments and was intended to…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Houston Independent School District, 2014
Secondary-level English language learners (ELLs) are at risk of falling behind academically because of unaddressed gaps in academic language and literacy skills. The Everyday ExcELLence Institute was a collaboration between the Multilingual, Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment and Professional Support & Development departments and was…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Harmon, Janis M.; Hedrick, Wanda B.; Wood, Karen D.; Vintinner, Jean – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2011
While there has been growing interest in the last few years to address the literacy needs of adolescents, this interest comes when alarming numbers of students are challenged by academic literacy demands in high school. Many students entering high school without passing state assessment examinations are required to take developmental reading…
Descriptors: Investigations, Reading Programs, Secondary School Teachers, Reading Teachers
Mykysey, Nadia – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2011
While participating in the Bilingual Teacher Research Forum (a teacher inquiry group), I decided to do research in my classroom to investigate the ways in which emergent bilinguals (EBs) expanded their appreciation and understanding of writing in English as a second language. The purpose of this study was to examine and describe first-grade EBs'…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
