Most English Learners (ELs) face the difficult tasks of learning to read English, learning to speak it, and learning about a new culture. Because of these challenges, EL students need additional support in three areas while learning to read English fluently: English language skills, vocabulary, and general background knowledge. Read Naturally Strategy programs are well-suited to provide this extra support.
Many English Learners express frustration with the many unfamiliar phonemes in English. But when English learners receive "explicit phonemic awareness instruction, they are able to catch up with native speakers' progress on word identification and spelling" (as cited in Antonacci & O'Callaghan, 2012, p. 2).
Read Naturally Intervention Program | Descriptions | English Language Skills | Vocabulary | General Background Knowledge | |||||
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Audio Support | Repeated Readings | Explicit Phonics |
Student-Friendly Definitions With Audio Support | Vocabulary Questions | Audio-Supported Spanish Translations | Informative Nonfiction Stories | U.S. Culture and Language | ||
Read Naturally Live | Web-based program: Sequenced, Phonics, Idioms, Español (Spanish) series | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Read Naturally Encore II | Print materials: Sequenced, Phonics, Idioms, Español (Spanish) series | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Word Warm-ups Live | Explicit phonics and word analysis | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
One Minute Reader Live | Independent Reading Practice | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
One Minute Reader (Books with audio) | Independent Reading Practice | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Read Naturally GATE+ | Teacher-led explicit phonics | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
Take Aim at Vocabulary | Academic vocabulary | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Read Naturally programs support EL students in acquiring English language skills through the use of the audio built into every lesson. Students listen and read along as a native speaker reads each story with correct pronunciation and inflection. The rate of the audio is appropriately paced according to the reading level of the student to provide the scaffolding needed to internalize pronunciation and inflection. Reading the story or word lists aloud multiple times provides the practice students need to improve their oral language skills.
Easy access to the meanings of many words in each Read Naturally story provides EL students with the word knowledge necessary to understand the story while also building their English vocabulary.
EL students gain general background knowledge by reading the Read Naturally stories and practicing word lists. Read Naturally stories are nonfiction and provide information on a wide range of topics.
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