Backbone Communications

Learning English as a second language can be difficult without the proper foundation. In fact, recent research suggests that English Language Learners who struggle with reading face the same learning barrier as Native English Speaking students with reading difficulties: poor english skills in reading phonetics. But with Reading Horizons and explicit, systematic instruction and phonics, [...]

One of the major challenges of ESL teachers is working with learners who have no prior literacy. How can you best teach these learners to read? Teaching non-literate or very low literate non-English speakers to read is NOT like teaching students who are literate in another language. Robin Lovrien Schwarz, PhD, will help you learn [...]

The OELAS “Aiming for the Stars” Conference & 2008 ELL Teacher of the Year Award Banquet Description Welcome to the Office of English Language Acquisition Services (OELAS) Conference — Aiming for the Stars-Arizona 2008. The conference will begin at 8:00AM on Tuesday, December 9 and conclude after lunch at 1:00PM on Thursday, December 11, 2008. [...]