Research Guides: Literacy and Reading: Find OER

Select Open Educational Books for Literacy and Reading

Curiosity, Complexity and Conversations

MERLOT
2019

Early Childhood Literacy: Engaging and Empowering Emergent Readers and Writers, Birth & Age 5

MERLOT
2023

Informed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research

MERLOT
2021

The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children's Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge

MERLOT
2024

Reading and Writing Successfully in College: A Guide for Students

MERLOT
2024

The Word on College Reading and Writing

MERLOT
2024

Writing for Inquiry and Research

MERLOT
2023

Select Open Educational Resources for Literacy and Reading

Articles:

Digital vs. Print: Reading Comprehension and the Future of the Book "This paper discusses the best platform for reading texts, depending on the task."
On-Screen versus On-Paper Reading: Students' Strategy Usage and Preferences "The objectives of this study were to (a) determine what strategies students are using when reading in each format and (b) ascertain what format students prefer."
Paper or Tablet? Reading Recall and Comprehension "Studies examine the differences in reading approaches, comparing print versus online texts."
Reading and Researching Photographs "This article from the Library of Congress explains how to locate and interpret photographs for research."

Courses:

Basic Reading and Writing "Basic Reading and Writing was developed by Lumen Learning in collaboration with Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA). It is designed as a resource for the precollege English composition classroom. It aligns with ENG 020 and is the first of a three-course “Path to College Composition” series."
Education 151: Language and Literacy "This course is designed to help students understand the aspects of linguistic principles and processes that underlie oral and written language proficiency, and how this knowledge is relevant K-12 instruction. Emphasis is on a thorough, research-based understanding of phonology, morphology, orthography, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics."
Emergent Literacy "Overview: Emergent Literacy examines children’s language acquisition and early literacy development. Included are instructional models and strategies, research findings, curriculum design, assessment practices and the selection and use of children’s literature in the development of the necessary foundations for effective speaking, listening, reading and writing."
Reading Fiction "Reading Fiction is designed to sharpen your skills as a critical reader. As we explore both short stories and novels focusing on the theme of “the city in literature,” we will learn about the various elements that shape the way we read texts - structure, narrative voice, character development, novelistic experimentation, historical and political contexts and reader response."
Reading Poetry "Overview: How do you read a poem? Intuition is not the only answer. In this class, we will investigate some of the formal tools poets use—meter, sound, syntax, word-choice, and other properties of language—as well as exploring a range of approaches to reading poetry, from the old (memorization and reading out loud) to the new (digitally enabled visualization and annotation). We will use readings available online via the generosity of the Poetry Foundation and the Academy of American Poets. We will also think collectively about how to approach difficult poems."
Writing and Reading Poems "This course is an examination of the formal structural and textual variety in poetry. Students engage in extensive practice in the making of poems and the analysis of both students' manuscripts and 20th-century poetry. The course attempts to make relevant the traditional elements of poetry and their contemporary alternatives."

Other:

Foreign Languages and the Literary in the Everyday (FLLITE) "The multilingual, teacher-authored lessons published on the FLLITE (Foreign Languages and the Literary in the Everyday) website are based on the creative moments found in everyday language use. By emphasizing language play as central to communication, FLLITE lessons aim to develop language awareness as well as communicative abilities through the integration of speaking, reading, listening, and writing tasks."

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Select Open Educational Books for Literacy and Reading

Curiosity, Complexity and Conversations

Early Childhood Literacy: Engaging and Empowering Emergent Readers and Writers, Birth & Age 5

Informed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research

The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children's Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge

Reading and Writing Successfully in College: A Guide for Students

The Word on College Reading and Writing

Writing for Inquiry and Research

Select Open Educational Resources for Literacy and Reading

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