Hi listeners, it's Susan here. Just in time for the school year, I have a brand new resource to tell you about.

Science of Reading, a new teacher's guide. This free e-book gives you the critical information you need,

including a detailed breakdown of the reading rope and the 10 foundational science of reading principles.

It also provides key information on dyslexia, assessment,

serving multilingual learners, and so much more.

It's packed with beautiful diagrams,

a perfect compliment to the podcast if I do say so myself.

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These are challenging times and we respect your unwavering commitment to your students.

At Amplify, we are working especially hard to support you.

And as we all grapple with what it means to focus on the science of reading in a new world of remote learning, we're committed to walking with you through the unknown.

Welcome to Science of Reading the podcast.

I'm your host, Susan Lambert.

Join us as we talk with experts to explore what it takes to develop joyful, confident, and capable readers.

Joining me on today's episode is Elizabeth Hamina Salinas, an advocate for multilingual and multicultural learners, their families, and the educators that support them. She has published everything from research articles to Spanish language children's books highlighting and supporting language development. Today we hear her background, why she's so passionate about language education and her research around long-term English learners. This session is packed with practical information.

Well, welcome, Elizabeth. Thank you so much for being a guest on today's episode.

Thank you very much for inviting me. I'm excited to share with you a little bit about the work we're doing.

That's great, and that's a really good segue into what I always like to ask our guests,

which is to talk a little bit about their background.

How did you become interested in literacy and how does that relate to your bigger scope of work now?

That's a great question.

I became interested in language.

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