Pointing to the COVID-19 pandemic, American student test scores are at historic lows. While math scores saw their largest decreases ever, reading scores dropped to 1992 levels—not a single state saw a dramatic improvement in their average test scores.
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Whether a teacher’s goal is to improve student pronunciation in elementary school, increase phonemic awareness, help your son or daughter struggling with reading speed or fluency or even learn how to better read English, Nardagani can support you and your child by teaching decoding (sounding out words) quickly and simply. However, not only does Nardagani teach challenged readers successfully, our reading program is also fun. Whatever your English language learning goals for your child, the Nardagani Reading Program can help all types of challenged readers and ESL students.
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Every language contains idioms. Idioms aren’t meant to be taken literally and are often culturally specific, which can be extra tricky when trying to learn English. Nardagani can help you learn how to read and begin to uncover the meaning behind idioms.
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English is a difficult language to learn to read, because 14 of the 26 letters in the English alphabet make multiple sounds. Often, reading programs typically combine letters, and have many complicated rules in order to learn to read. However, that doesn’t not mean reading and books can’t be fun!
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“The Nardagani Reading Program helps the students mainly on learning to sound out words with symbols and move to reading without the symbols so this is the initial stage where readers like new readers, struggling readers and ESL students of all ages can develop their reading capability. After implying Nardagani as an intervention, we can see the significant difference in their reading competence.” -Fathima, Central Senior Secondary School, India
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From ESL instructors to literacy specialists to middle school teachers and professionals who frequently work with challenged readers who have been diagnosed with a reading disability and qualify for IEP (Individual Education Program), these educators know how the Nardagani Reading Program works. In addition, teachers who used The Nardagani Reading Program, during teacher-based research studies that were implemented in the United States public school system, saw student reading improvement with strong supporting data.
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Narda Pitkethly, CEO of The Nardagani Reading Program, recently responded to an article published in the Idaho Mountain Express that focused on the “growth” of kindergarten through third grade reading scores.
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Currently, over 25 percent of the population in the United States or 329.5 million people, according to the 2020 Census, struggle to read and have encountered challenges with traditional reading teaching methods. According to the Literacy Foundation, the inability to read makes life significantly harder for individuals, but also has a dramatic effect on our society.
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We are thrilled to share that the CEO and Founder of Nardagani, Narda Pitkethly's TEDx Talk, “A New Way to Learn to Read English,” has reached over 1,350,000 views on YouTube. When Narda spoke at Sun Valley TEDx in September 2017, her goal was simple—to show why English is so complicated, and to show examples of the highly effective program she created, the Nardagani Reading Program.
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