Recent developments in English and literacy curriculum and pedagogy illustrate a decisive shift from traditional, rule‐based instruction to approaches that centre on learner engagement, constructivist ...

This article presents the findings of a study of the relationship between American Sign Language (ASL) skills and English literacy among 160 deaf children. Using a specially designed test of ASL to ...

I still remember a student I taught in Virginia early in my career. He was maybe 13 or 14, and he’d come to this country on a raft. People died on that journey. When he arrived, he couldn’t read in ...

The Broomfield Library’s English-language learning service helps residents and immigrants to the United States such as Yukiko Matsumoto and Ala Boudhraa, both of whom regularly attend library ...

Three years ago, three colleagues in the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development teamed up to pilot a Facebook unit in a high school classroom mainly composed of Somali ...

It is not a secret that many students across our nation are struggling with literacy skills, especially students from historically marginalized groups. According to the National Assessment of ...

There are students the world over who, when they want to learn how to read in English, turn to a Napa-based publication, Easy English Times. For two decades, Easy English Times has been used as an ...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — The Literacy Center of West Michigan helps people learn English. Hope Network Industries has a lot of people with different backgrounds. Now, there is a class going on here right ...