Summary
This practice guide provides four recommendations that address what works for English learners during reading and content area instruction. Each recommendation includes extensive examples of activities that can be used to support students as they build the language and literacy skills needed to be successful in school. The recommendations also summarize and rate supporting evidence. This guide is geared toward teachers, administrators, and other educators who want to improve instruction in academic content and literacy for English learners in elementary and middle school.
Recommendations
| Recommendation | Level of Evidence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Teach a set of academic vocabulary words intensively across several days using a variety of instructional activities. Source – 6774 KB |
Strong |
| 2. | Integrate oral and written English language instruction into content-area teaching. Source – 6774 KB |
Strong |
| 3. | Provide regular, structured opportunities to develop written language skills. Source – 6774 KB |
Minimal |
| 4. | Provide small-group instructional intervention to students struggling in areas of literacy and English language development. Source – 6774 KB |
Moderate |
ED-IES-12-C-0016.
The following research staff contributed to the guide: Joseph Dimino, Kelly Haymond, Russell Gersten, Madhavi Jayanthi, and Rebecca Newman-Gonchar.
