New resource on English language learning launched

In 2006, the International Reading Association, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Center for Applied Linguistics, the National Association of Bilingual Education, the National Institute for Literacy, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition, and Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. embarked on a collaborative effort to address complex questions on helping language-minority students improve their literacy in English.

One result of the collaboration is the new Tapestry for Teachers of English Language Learners. The goal of this resource is to present the research on second-language literacy acquisition and on instructional methods effective with language-minority students. You can access this new resource at the following page on the TESOL website.

Another outcome was a paper released October 22 titled "Key Issues and Questions in English Language Learners Literacy Research." The full text of this paper can be accessed in the Focus on Topics in Reading: English-Language Learners section of the IRA website.