A major part of my job is to provide regional trainings for teachers of ELLs with Disabilities, or those ELLs who are at risk of being classified. A few common themes have arisen from these trainings: ELLs are having difficulty in literacy, ELLs have trouble with remembering vocabulary, and ELLs have trouble remember how to pronounce words, which makes their speech difficult to understand. All of these are major issues we face daily, and most begin with Phonological Awareness, which has been called the foundation of literacy.

My name is John Boniello and I am the Bilingual Special Education Specialist here at the lower Hudson RSE-TASC. And my name is Ann Quinones-Narcisse and I am one of two Regional Special Education Training Specialists in the Lower Hudson RSE TASC. Together we’ll be facilitating this blog and sharing information about evidence-based literacy and instructional practices...