For more on this issue, and how it’s shaping reading teaching for English learners, see this story. What do school systems mean when they say the “science of reading”? Written English is a code.

English learners need foundational skills like phonics and vocabulary in addition to instruction in speaking and understanding English and connections to their home languages. Those are two agreements ...

Research shows that asking students to monitor and correct their own understanding of text as they read can boost their ...

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Immigrant parents worry their children will struggle with reading and fret that as non-English speakers, they can't help. A new study shows that's simply not true. Reading to a young child in any ...

Reading skills of English teens 'worse than the Chinese' as study finds they lag behind by a year-and-a-half. By KATE LOVEYS Updated: 04:46 EDT, 12 October 2011 ...

English majors can strengthen their skills in many ways outside of the classroom. Some English majors may gain a teaching certification in college to qualify them for teaching in K-12 schools.

For a growing population of workers in Reading and Berks County, poor English language skills are an impediment to higher paying jobs. “Limited, low English language proficiency is a significant ...

More than half of Louisiana children from poor families start kindergarten without basic reading skills — and most fail to catch up by third grade, according to a new study.