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Reading Components
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act establishes a definition of reading that guides the Institute’s activities on reading instruction in middle school and high school. The definition identifies five components of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and text comprehension. These last three components are often especially important for adolescent readers, many of whom struggle to fully understand what they read.
Last updated: Sunday, 26-Jul-2009 18:50:20 EDT
Adolescence
The National Institute for Literacy has joined several other federal agencies to bring resources and attention to bear on adolescent literacy.
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