ESOL instructors support their multilingual learners’ reading skill development across a wide range of scenarios—from online articles to social media posts, emails, and more. This workshop explores edtech routines that boost learners' reading skills by integrating authentic online workplace, community, and academic reading materials into reading lessons.
Please note: This course will take place in Blackboard where you will find all virtual session information, course materials, and additional resources. You cannot access the online course from the SABES website. You will receive a separate email one to two days before the course begins with instructions on how to access the Zoom session. If you do not receive these instructions, please check your Spam folder and/or send an email to nruskin@edc.org.
- ESOL instructors at all levels of language proficiency
This professional development activity/course is designed for:
In our digital age, reading encompasses more than just printed text—it extends to online articles, social media posts, emails, and more. This workshop explores edtech routines that boost learners' reading skills by integrating authentic online workplace, community, and academic reading materials into reading lessons. Reading critically is at the heart of digital literacy, and ESOL learners at all levels can apply a variety of reading strategies across both print and online reading tasks. This session will help ESOL teachers develop tasks that help all learners practice reading with a purpose. This includes previewing, predicting, skimming, scanning, identifying text features, and locating and evaluating the source of a text. As teachers guide learners through these strategies, learners not only improve their reading comprehension but also become savvy navigators and consumers of online information.
This is the third session in the Fusing Literacy series. Please visit the SABES Calendar (https://sabes.org/calendar) for more information and to register for these other sessions:
Session 1 focuses on listening: Nov. 15
Session 2 focuses on speaking: Nov. 29
Session 4 focuses on writing: Dec. 13
Note: This course is not available for recordings only. If you are interested in this topic, but are unable to attend all of the sessions as outlined here, please see our resource collection on the SABES website at https://sabes.org/pd-center-resources/34.
- Provide effective instruction in critical reading for ESOL learners (both in person and online)
- Make use of edtech tools and instructional routines to transfer reading skills from print to digital texts
- Identify online reading resources to increase ESOL readers’ vocabulary and fluency
Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:
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