Reading Intervention for Middle School English Learners: Changing the Trajectory
Presented by
Dr. Antonio Fierro
Literacy Expert and English Language Educator
*You will only receive a certificate of completion
if you attend the live webinar.
For our middle school English Learners, special considerations must be made based on the stages of language acquisition, literacy levels in their native language, and support needed to learn to read and write in English. As an educator, are you doing
everything possible to change the trajectory of literacy challenges into success?
During this informative and eye-opening presentation, Dr. Antonio Fierro—an esteemed literacy expert and an English Learner himself—will illustrate why teachers of older English Learners must be diagnostic in nature with their approach to
reading intervention. Attendees will also learn:
- To apply techniques that build on language components
- Why a Structured Literacy approach is essential for grades 5–8
- The language elements necessary to teach academic vocabulary and improve oral and written discourse
- How small-group and age-appropriate intervention succeeds when other approaches may not