di: Language for Learning/Thinking/Writing vs Direct Instruction Spoken English

[Betsy Primm]

Interesting situation, Christopher.  Were I you, due to time constraints, I wouldn’t use Horizons. I would pull up www.sightwords.com and go to the list of the 100 most frequently used words in English  print.  That website contains five teaching strategies as well as a corrections  technique (from DI).  It also has a number of games to use to practice the sight words.   Everything is free.  Games may need to be downloaded on a color printer.  This site is being used worldwide.  Take a look. I think using this site along with 100 EZ and L for L.  Will give your student the best boost for the interview. 
Best of luck,
Betsy Primm
Atlanta, GA

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> On Aug 12, 2019, at 10:00 PM, Christopher Duss <duss.christopher at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear DI List,
> 
> I have a 7 year old ESL student in Japan who is preparing for international school interviews. He is applying for entry to the second half of first grade. He has to answer questions - for example "What did you do last summer" - and read and write simple words and sentences - for example, "write dogs". 
> 
> Over the past year we have been working through Language For Learning and are now through lesson 40. I have to confirm if there has been a formal diagnosis, but there has at least been some speculation that he has Asperger's. If he does, it hasn't impeded his English acquisition, and the main tweak I have had to use with the program is to be more careful about number of consecutive mistakes. He often becomes frustrated to the point of tears before the prescribed 7 mistakes, and it is difficult to bring him back after that happens. 
> 
> He has no reading experience but knows the alphabet letter names and the main phonetic sound for most letters. I have been tasked to bring him up to the above level in speaking/reading/writing in the next 6 weeks. I will have him for an hour a day most weekdays, so around 40 sessions until the interview. My current plan is to continue with Language For Learning to build speaking skill and use Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons to build reading and writing. I also own Horizons Fast Track A-B and have been wondering whether it would be better to use that than Teach Your Child.
> 
> Does anyone have thoughts on how to better structure a program to build these skills in the specified time period? Or thoughts on which reading program to use?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
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