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Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in working with struggling readers who require additional help in reading fundamentals and comprehension skills development.
 

Archive: English Language Learners

Many of our articles dated 2000 and earlier can now be found in this archive.

Many children are raised with a home language different from the language at school, and this has given rise to many misconceptions about language learning. This will help parents learn the facts, and get information about helping their second language learner.

Children who are learning English as a second language have been taught to read both with and without using their native language as a base for learning. More research is needed to determine the effectiveness of different types of instruction, but read what the research does show about what works with English language learners.

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