What’s Different About Teaching Reading to Students Learning English? is revised and designed to provide teacher trainers with a curriculum that will guide the professional development of classroom and ESL teachers and reading teacher/specialists who teach reading in classes where some or all of the students are English language learners.

The 2007 edition of the manual contains everything needed to conduct a workshop or series of workshops for teachers of English language learners in elementary and middle schools.

Features

• Classroom–ready materials
• Sample lesson plans
• Teachers’ reflections on instructional practices
• A video of students’ oral reading
• Updated summaries of reading research for L1 and L2 readers, including the National Reading Panel Report (2000) and the National Literacy Panel Report (2006)
• A chapter that addresses content area reading and study skills for middle school students
• two sections that address student motivation

The study guide contains activity materials and readings for participants'‚ use during the workshop. It also serves as a handy reference following the workshop experience. The DVD, Why Reading Is Hard, provides examples of what makes learning to read in English hard and leads viewers to examine the reading skills that they know and use automatically (if you wish to purchase the video separately please follow the recommended link below the order form for Why Reading is Hard). It also presents samples of children reading aloud for viewers to critique and suggest plans for subsequent instruction.

The workshop format is flexible and may follow a number of different schedules,depending on school and district needs. The complete program requires 45 hours (35 in–class hours and 10 hours of outside assignments) but is easily adapted to local needs and time frames.

To purchase the Why Reading Is Hard DVD separately, click the product recommendation below.