English Medium Instruction

Shifting Literacy Needs in English Medium Instruction: In Conversation with Nonie Lesaux

Nonie K. Lesaux is the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She leads a research program that focuses on promoting the language and literacy skills of today’s children and youth from diverse linguistic, cultural, and economic backgrounds. Nonie

Helping Students Tackle Complex Texts with Close Reading

Tackling challenging texts is an overwhelming task for most students, even for strong readers. Close reading is an effective instructional strategy to help students interact with complex texts and gain deeper understanding of them. Close reading could also empower students to become strong, independent readers of highly complex texts (Sisson

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Supporting Student Engagement in Academic Literacy in Content Areas

Are you interested in finding an approach to enhance language learners’ motivation by engaging them with authentic materials and content? Have you ever considered adopting content-based instruction (CBI) to boost students’ motivation and improve their language and content knowledge? What is content-based instruction? CBI is an approach that teachers use