1. Instructional Challenges and Effective Methods: Reading Words and Comprehending Texts Guest Speaker: Patrick Proctor Seminar 3 February 25, 2008 Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez Gutman 303

2. Housekeeping Response Paper 1 See “RP Suggestions” on course website Reading Report due March 3 by 5pm EST Final Paper Topics

3. Seminar 1: Educating L2 Learners in the U.S. Seminar 2: Pedagogical Models Seminar 3: Reading Words & Comprehending Text Seminar 4: Vocabulary & Academic Language Seminar 5: Spelling, Grammar, & Writing Seminar 6: Disability vs. Exposure

4. Simple View of Reading (SVR) DecodingLinguistic Comp.= Reading Comp. ++Secure +-Impaired (“hyperlexic”) -+Impaired (“dyslexic”) --Impaired (“garden-variety poor readers”) (Gough & Tunmer, 1986)

5. Guest Speaker: Patrick Proctor Assistant Professor, Boston College Lynch School of Education