Dual Language Literacy Framework

Partnership with Dual Language Training Institute

American Reading Company is proud to announce its partnership with the Dual Language Training Institute. Over the last 15 years, Dr. Richard Gómez and Dr. Leo Gómez have been extensively involved in the development and implementation of the Gómez & Gómez Dual Language Enrichment Model. In its successful implementation in more than 60 school districts across 4 states, this model has proven effective in closing the academic achievement gap for both Spanish- and English-dominant students.

Dr. Leo Gómez

Professor in Bilingual/Bicultural Education

Dr. Leo Gómez has focused his research and work on the linguistic and academic issues that impact language minority populations, particularly Spanish-dominant bilingual learners, for over 16 years. He is widely known and respected as a leader in the field, at both the state and national level, for ensuring that Latino students are provided equal opportunities in education.

Dr. Richard Gómez

Professor in Bilingual/Dual Language Education

Dr. Richard Gómez is an identified spokesperson for national dual language initiatives. Dr. Gómez interfaces with State Departments of Education and district leaders to implement the DLTI Model. He has served as the director of Washington State’s migrant and bilingual education program.

ARC Supports Dual Language

American Reading Company offers several solutions to support the Dual Language Enrichment Model as well as dual language classrooms across the country.

Thematic Libraries

Thematic Libraries to Support DLTI Bilingual Learning and Research Centers

American Reading Company is proud to offer book collections to support the Gómez & Gómez Bilingual Learning Centers (PreK–2) and Bilingual Research Centers (Grades 3–5) with thematic libraries. For the social studies, science, and reading/language arts centers, 100-Book Thematic Libraries are available across 4 themes.

• 100 books per content area
• You choose four themes that match your curriculum
• 25 unique books for each theme
• 13 English and 12 Spanish on-grade-level titles

Sample of a Third-Grade Science Collection

100 BOOK CHALLENGE

Structured Independent Reading Practice for Dual Language

100 BOOK CHALLENGE is a structured Response to Intervention model for home and school. When schools participate in 100 BOOK CHALLENGE, each classroom receives 10 baskets, totaling 300 unique titles, and each classroom’s set is different.

Our extensive database of more than 87,000 titles from 220+ publishers reflects the richness and diversity of the Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures with more than 10,000 leveled titles in Spanish.

The best books by recognized authentic authors and the best translations are hand-selected and organized into leveled collections based on the developmental sequence for reading acquisition in Spanish and English.

The baskets circulate among participating classrooms to create a continuous stream of up to 15,000 titles.

ENIL & IRLA

Leveling the Field for Dual Language

The Evaluación del nivel independiente de lectura (ENIL) and its English counterpart, the Independent Reading Level Assessment Framework (IRLA), provide a new-generation formative assessment framework and standards-based leveling system reflecting the different developmental stages specific to learning to read in Spanish.

For each language, students know:

• Where they are now
• Where they should be if they are on the success track for college/career by age 18
• What they need to learn at each step along the way