Contents tagged with ESL Instruction
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Reading Horizons Review: Denise Cisneros
Institution: Oklahoma City Public Schools
City: Oklahoma City
State: Oklahoma
Reading Horizons has been a hit with my newcomers, especially! I have one student who entered this school year speaking Spanish only. Now, 4 months into the school year, she is picking up on English … more
Grade Level: Elementary
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Reading Horizons Review: Deller Sims
Institution: Cleveland Community College
City: Cleaveland
State: North Carolina
Job Title: ESL Teacher
I had a Hispanic student that could speak English and Spanish, but could not read or write in either language. The phonetics [system] in the Reading Horizons program aided this student in learning to … more
Grade Level: Secondary
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Reading Horizons Review: Chad Bramble
Institution: University of Utah English Language Institute
City: Salt Lake City
State: Utah
Job Title: Campus Coordinator
Here at the U’s ELI, we use the Reading Library Book 2 in a number of classes to help the students with everyday reading skills. I believe this is the third year we are using it. Teachers tend to … more
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Reading Horizons Review: Carie johnson
Institution: New Albany Floyd School District
City: New Albany Floyd County
State: Indiana
Job Title: ESL Teacher
I have a student who arrived from Mexico in July with very limited English skills. He completed the Elevate software program by the middle of September. By April he was reading stories that are 800 … more
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Arlene Holderness
Institution: South Gray Community Learning Center
City: Montezuma
State: Kansas
Job Title: Instructor
South Gray Community Learning Center implemented Reading Horizons for struggling adult readers. This includes but is not limited to English Language Learners. Students have shown remarkable progress … more
Grade Level: Adult Ed
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Reading Horizons Review: Alysia Fulton
City: Windham
State: Texas
Job Title: ESL Teacher
The program has really built confidence with my ESL students. It continues to help them with their writing and reading skills.
***The review, above, references the Reading Horizons reading program … more
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Reading Horizons Review: Diego Sandoval
Institution: Clearfield Job Corps
City: Clearfield
State: Utah
Job Title: Student
Diego Sandoval – Success Story
My name is Diego Sandoval and I came from Mexico not knowing any English. I came to the United States when I was fifteen. I came to Clearfield Job Corps knowing very … more
Grade Level: Adult Ed
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Reading Horizons Review: Anita Leimbach
Institution: Entrada Adult High School
City: Sandy
State: Utah
Job Title: English Teacher
***The Reading Horizons course referenced in the video above teaches structured literacy. Reading Horizons is a unique reading curriculum that has helped hundreds of thousands of children learn to … more
Grade Level: Adult Ed
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Sharon Cooper
Institution: Parkview Elementary School
City: Worland
State: Wyoming
I used to teach Title I reading for eight years at Parkview Elementary in Lamar, a rural town in southeast Colorado. It was there I worked with small groups of first and second graders who needed … more
Grade Level: Elementary
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Tina Peters
Institution: Northern Lakes College
City: La Crete
State: Alberta
I came to Canada on May 24, 2007. I am a single mom with three children, and my uncle met us at the airport in Edmonton. We stayed with them in La Crete until I was able to rent a place.
In … more
Grade Level: Adult Ed