There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension instruction ...

It is rather surprising that, even today, English grammar continues to be taught in colleges, and students are tested on ...

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...

What should a young reader do when they come to a word they don’t know? It’s the most basic hurdle in reading, and the strategies a teacher gives can make the difference in a student’s literacy ...

Boston College’s TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate program is designed to prepare future English language educators with the essential skills, knowledge, and ...

This course will survey the field of methodology in second language teaching. Students will examine past and present second language learning and teaching experiences in a variety of contexts. The ...

Teacher, I can't do long reading passages!'This is a phrase I hear often when teaching English. Faced with long reading passages in Eiken tests, students come to me with these concerns. 'I've ...