Research - English as a Second Language (ESL)
Why buy a reading program 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.
- ESL and Discover Intensive Phonics
- Using Phonemic Awareness with ESL students
- Practical English-Language Teaching: Reading
- Teaching Reading Strategies
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!"
