Research-Based Methods of Reading Instruction for English Language Learners, Grades K

Research-Based Methods of Reading Instruction for English Language Learners, Grades K–4

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What can we do to help ELL students understand English? In Research-Based Methods of Reading Instruction for English Language Learners, Grades K–4, Sylvia Linan-Thompson and Sharon Vaughn provide over 60 field-tested classroom lessons for ensuring English fluency among young nonnative speakers. Each chapter focuses on research and activities in one of the following areas:

Acknowledgments

Preface

Research-Based Practices for English Language Learners

Phonemic Awareness

Phonics and Word Study

Fluency

About the authors

Sylvia Linan-Thompson is Assistant Professor of Special Education at the University of Texas at Austin, and has engaged in large-scale research projects that examine reading interventions for struggling readers in primary grades, literacy acquisition of English-language learners, and Spanish literacy development. Sylvia has authored articles on these topics and has developed guides for supplemental reading instruction. She can be reached via e-mail at: sylvialt@mail.utexas.edu.

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Sharon Vaughn is Director and H.E. Hartfelder/Southland Corporation Regent's Chair of the University of Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts in Austin. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Learning Disabilities, author of numerous books and research articles on learning and reading difficulties, and a consultant on translating research into practice for school districts and state departments of education.