Comprehension and English Language Learners: 25 Oral Reading Strategies That Cross Proficiency Levels

• develop and monitor reading and listening comprehension
• evaluate texts and engage with authors
• learn social and academic vocabulary
• connect writing, reading, speaking, listening, and viewing
• get motivated to read on their own.

Yvonne S. Freeman is the coauthor or coeditor (with David E. Freeman) of 11 Heinemann books, including:

•   ESL Teaching: Revised Edition (2016)
•  Essential Linguistics, 2d ed. (2014)    
• Between Worlds: Access to Second Language Acquisition, 3d ed. (2011)
• La enseñanza de la lectura y la escritura en español y en inglés en clases bilingües y de doble inmersión, segunda edición revisada ed. (2009)
• Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers (2009)
• Diverse Learners in the Mainstream Classroom (2008)
• Teaching Reading and Writing in Spanish and English in Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms, 2d ed. (2006)
• Dual Language Essentials for Teachers and Administrators (2005)
• Closing the Achievement Gap (2002)
• Teaching Reading in Multilingual Classrooms (2000)
• ESL/EFL Teaching (1998)

Yvonne is a professor emerita at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Yvonne and David Freeman are Heinemann Professional Development Providers.

David E. Freeman is the coauthor or coeditor (with Yvonne S. Freeman) of 11 Heinemann books, including:

•  ESL Teaching, Revised Edition (2016)
• Essential Linguistics, 2d ed. (2014)
• Between Worlds: Access to Second Language Acquisition, 3d ed. (2011)
• La enseñanza de la lectura y la escritura en español y en inglés en clases bilingües y de doble inmersión, segunda edición revisada ed. (2009)
• Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers (2009)
• Diverse Learners in the Mainstream Classroom (2008)
• Teaching Reading and Writing in Spanish and English in Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms, 2d ed. (2006)
• Dual Language Essentials for Teachers and Administrators (2005)
• Closing the Achievement Gap (2002)
• Teaching Reading in Multilingual Classrooms (2000)
• ESL/EFL Teaching (1998)

David is a professor emeritus at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

David and Yvonne Freeman are Heinemann Professional Development Providers.

A former elementary school teacher and reading specialist, Michael Opitz (@MichaelOpitz4) is professor emeritus education of reading at the University of Northern Colorado where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses and supervised doctoral dissertations. He is now a literacy consultant and author well known to individual teachers, instructional leaders, and researchers as the author of numerous professional and curricular resources and through his extensive work in schools nationwide.

TEACHER PROFESSIONAL BOOKS

Titles with Heinemann

• Accessible Assessment: How 9 Sensible Techniques Can Power Data-Driven Reading Instruction (2011)
• Classroom Catalysts: 15 Efficient Practices That Accelerate Readers’ Learning (2014)
• Comprehension and English Language Learners: 25 Oral Reading Strategies That Cross Proficiency Levels (2009)
• Do-able Differentiation: Varying Texts, Supports and Groups to Reach Readers (2008)
• Good-bye Round Robin (1998/2008)
• Books and Beyond: New Ways to Reach Readers (2006)
• Listen Hear! 25 Ways to Enhance Listening Comprehension (2005)
• Reaching Readers: Flexible and Innovative Strategies for Guided Reading (2001)
• Rhymes and Reasons: Literature and Language Play for Phonological Awareness (2000)

• Reading Diagnosis and Improvement: Assessment and Instruction, 6th ed. (Allyn & Bacon, 2011)
• Literacy Lessons to Help Kids Get Fit and Healthy (Scholastic, 2010)
• Don’t Speed. Read! 12 Steps for Smart and Sensible Fluency Instruction (Scholastic, 2007)
• Flexible Grouping in Reading (Scholastic, 1998)
• Literacy Instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (IRA, 1998)
• Getting the Most from Predictable Books (Scholastic, 1995)
• Learning Centers: Getting Them Started, Keeping Them Going (Scholastic, 1994)

CORE, SUPPLEMENTAL, AND RTI PROGRAMS

• Pair-It Extreme (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010), a supplemental reading program aimed at engaging boys with reading
• Literacy by Design (Rigby, 2008), a supplemental literacy and RtI program
• Intervention by Design (Rigby, 2009), an intervention program tailored to children who need additional help with reading
• Summer Success Reading (Great Source, 2007), a reading program designed to help children who need additional help with reading
• Afterschool Achiever’s Reading Club (Great Source, 2003)
• Daybooks, Grades 3–5 (Great Source, 2008, contributing author)

ARTICLES
Mike is the author of more than 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals such as:

• The Reading Teacher
• Literacy Research and Instruction
• Reading Horizons

AWARDS AND HONORS
Mike has received more than 15 awards for his teaching, scholarship, and service to professional organizations, including the Fannie Stabenow Award from the Colorado Council of the International Reading Association.

LEADERSHIP ROLES

• Editorial Boards of The Reading Teacher and Reading Horizons
• Former Chair of IRA’s Teacher Educator Award Committee
• Numerous committees in CCIRA

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Michael Opitz provides on- and off-site professional development through Heinemann Professional Development.

Lindsey Moses is a professor of literacy education at Arizona State University.  A former elementary teacher, Lindsey works with classroom teachers around the country supporting the implementation of effective literacy instruction in diverse settings. Her research focuses on elementary literacy instruction and English learners. 

Lindsey is the author of What Are the Rest of My Kids Doing? Fostering Independence in the K-2 Reading Workshop, Supporting English Learners in the Reading Workshop, and coauthor of Comprehension and English Language Learners.