Name: Tools for Estimating Reading Text Difficulty and Tracking Literacy Learner Gains
Start: 2025-07-16T11:35:00-0500
End: 2025-07-16T12:35:00-0500

Wednesday July 16, 2025 11:35am - 12:35pm CDT

Room 115

At the program level, two nitty-gritty and perennial questions persist. First: How can a program director or materials coordinator easily and reliably estimate the difficulty of reading texts that learners are asked to use for reading fluency and comprehension building? Second: What are some basic measures that can be established for individual learners/readers over time that show achievement and/or areas of reading that still need work? The presenter will introduce tools and strategies that answer both questions, introducing the use of as little-known language use frameworks such as the Common European Framework of Reference, which establishes common ground for describing desired program outcomes. Participant input and commentary will be encouraged and welcomed.

Speakers

Greta Gorsuch

Co-editor, Reading in a Foreign Language https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/

Greta Gorsuch is Professor Emerita of Applied Linguistics, Texas Tech University. An author of academic titles such as Second Language Course Evaluation (Information Age, 2016) and Using Theories for Second Language Teaching and Learning (Bloomsbury, 2024), she also writes original... Read More →

Wednesday July 16, 2025 11:35am - 12:35pm CDT
Room 115

Program Management & Leadership

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2025 Iowa Adult Education and Literacy Summer Conference

Greta Gorsuch

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