FOR-PD Interview with Dr. Timothy Shanahan
Introduction: Timothy Shanahan is Professor of Urban Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he is Director of the Center for Literacy. He was director of reading for the Chicago Public Schools. His research emphasizes reading-writing relationships, reading assessment, and improving reading achievement. He is immediate past president of the International Reading Association. In 2006, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the Advisory Board of the National Institute for Literacy. He was inducted to the Reading Hall of Fame in 2007. You can visit Dr. Shanahan's blog at http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com.
Interview Instructions: The interview has been provided in both text and audio formats. Click on Text under each heading to read the part of the interview that it corresponds with, or Audio to hear the same part of the interview. The Audio is in MP3 format and the length and size is listed next to the link. If you wish to download the entire interview in PDF format see the link under the headings.
- Introduction
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(MP3: 6 sec, 108 KB)
- Oral Language Development
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3 min 56 sec, 3.6 MB)
- Decoding and Fluency in Comprehension
Text | Audio (MP3:
7 min 53 sec, 7.21 MB)
- Explicit Instruction in Comprehension Instruction
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3 min 5 sec, 2.83 MB)
- Teachers and Supporting Literacy Needs
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1 min 29 sec, 1.36 MB)
- Effective Vocabulary Instruction in Secondary Grades
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4 min 7 sec, 3.77 MB)
- Literacy Needs of English-language Learners
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2 min 47 sec, 2.56 MB)
- Role of Writing in Literacy Development
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2 min 43 sec, 2.49 MB)
Download the entire interview [PDF - 8 pages / 133k]
