ESL ReadingSmart is an innovative, standards-based English language-learning program founded on a unique instructional design. It is easily implemented as a student-centered, stand-alone application, or a blended learning environment that integrates online student work and classroom instruction. The program offers individualized, content-based instruction to develop English language proficiency with emphasis on literacy and academic language development for newcomers, beginners, intermediate, early advanced, and advanced English learners. ESL ReadingSmart's lesson plans and individualized online learning effectively supports strategies for flexible grouping and differentiated ELD instruction.

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Upper Elementary: Though upper elementary students are already technologically sophisticated, they will find the interactive online lessons at ESLReadingSmart.com highly engaging. The program has colorful illustrations and high-quality multimedia presentations. Those students needing extra support have multiple options for developing their skills: listening to selections read aloud, using roll-over definitions for unfamiliar vocabulary, and receiving immediate feedback on many of the online activities. The newcomer's program and the beginner and intermediate levels of the reading program are appropriate for upper elementary students.

Secondary ESL (6-12): Secondary ESL students face the formidable challenge of learning English while mastering content in academic subjects, and ESL ReadingSmart meets that challenge. ESL ReadingSmart offers comprehensive a unique newcomers' program for beginning English language learners, and 126 content-based reading selections written at all levels of English proficiency. that allows teachers to monitor development of specific reading skills. The online lessons reinforce content in science, social studies, and language arts. Teachers can monitor the development of specific reading skills. Several independent studies, show that ESL ReadingSmart is an effective intervention that raises secondary students' reading and language scores.

College Intensive English Program: University-bound students in intensive English programs are often hard-pressed to find easy reading materials that are suitable for adults. Textbooks alone do not provide enough reading practice at the beginning and intermediate levels. These students need exposure to a wide variety of English print materials. Instructors will find it refreshingly easy to use the selections online instead of having to sort through juvenile literature to find appropriate books. There are 126 reading selections written at all levels, and almost all would be of interest to post-secondary students. Moreover, the online skills reinforce those taught in the reading texts used in the classroom. ESL ReadingSmart is ideal for intensive English CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) labs and could be also be used successfully as homework.

Adult Education: Adults with busy schedules would welcome the opportunity to have online English practice that can be easily squeezed into a few free moments at work or at home. ESL ReadingSmart provides exactly that type of flexibility. Furthermore, students who wish to become American citizens will find the advanced articles on United States history helpful. Especially for students wishing to obtain a GED, ESL ReadingSmart science and social studies articles would be valuable in giving students the background information they may have never received in their own country. ESL ReadingSmart provides non-English speakers the tools they need to assimilate and prosper in the American workforce.