Research - English as a Second Language (ESL)
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that is research based? Our method of teaching the English language
is tried and true and has been used in homes and schools across the country for
over 30 years.
Reading Horizons at Home is right in step with current research on
students who study English as a second language (ESL). Our effective combination of phonics, vocabulary development, reading, spelling
and speaking is endorsed by the
National Right to Read Foundation. Click on the links below
to learn more.
Granite High School, Salt Lake City, Utah
Scope of Work
Data collection conducted by resource teacher at Granite High School in Salt Lake
City, Utah
Tools
Pre- and post-test provided with the Reading Horizons courseware (correlated with
the Slosson Oral Reading test)
Conducted August 2005-May 2006
Evaluator's Observations
"My students are doing incredibly well. There was two-to-three years' progress in
four weeks. I thought, There is no way this is happening. But it happened over and
over and over with these students. To have a student who was at the kindergarten
reading level as a junior now reading at a fifth grade level ... you can't put a
value on that. One of my students picked up a book for the first time and read.
If students have the confidence to decode, then they will embrace reading. It is
truly one of the most rewarding semesters I've had teaching in my past 22 years!"