No More Boring Books! A Solution for Frustrated Reading Teachers

No More Boring Books! A Solution for Frustrated Reading Teachers

Research shows that students become better readers when they understand 95% of the words in a text. Meeting this goal often results in boring books. New Password‘s high-interest subjects provide an engaging atmosphere in which to teach reading and vocabulary skills.

Teach Reading Skills, but Through Engaging Texts

As Linda Butler explains in the introduction to New Password, it is
very important for students to feel successful in their reading. They
can learn and apply new reading and vocabulary skills only if they
understand the words they encounter. …

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Face-to-Face Classroom Plus Online Homework Best for Students

Face-to-Face Classroom Plus Online Homework Best for Students

The U.S. Department of Education analyzed 99 studies of online learning and concluded that students learn best when their courses combine traditional face-to-face classes with online work. Students benefit most from activities that allow them to control the speed at which they learn and encourage reflection. Continue reading

SelectingTexts for the Adult ESL Classroom: Part 4 Looking at Support (page2 of 2)

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Marketing Director, Adult and Higher Education

Selecting Texts for the Adult ESL Classroom: Part 4 Looking at Support (page 1 of 2)


(This article is excerpted and adapted from a monograph by MaryAnn Florez, series consultant for Pearson’s Center
Stage. Florez is currently director for the Adult Education Professional Development Center for DC LEARNS,
a coalition of adult education and literacy providers in the District
of Columbia. …)

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