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Learning to read in English is difficult for adult English language learners due to their diverse background, their level of experience with literacy in their first language, and their reason and desire for wanting to learn to read in English. Teachers of adult language learners must consider the educational and language experiences of adults…
Descriptors: Arabic, Spelling, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, English (Second Language)
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Download full textJohnston, Catherine – ORTESOL Journal, 2013
Teaching reading to low-level English as a Second Language (ESL) students can be a challenge, according to the author. At times, teachers are teaching adult students to read in English when some in class are not literate in their first language. In such a situation, they are not mapping a sound-symbol correspondence onto a known oral language, as…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
