What Is EBLI ?
E.B.L.I. is a system of research-based instructional strategies used with clients at Ounce of Prevention Reading Center. In addition, 3-day E.B.L.I. trainings are offered monthly to educators, home-schoolers, parents, and volunteers interested in teaching the strategies. E.B.L.I. strategies can be infused within existing curriculum to assist learners of all ages to reach their highest level of reading ability. Recognizing that the theory of effective reading instruction does not, in and of itself, offer teachers and parents the practical tools needed to effectively implement this theory in the classroom, E.B.L.I. provides teachers and parents with easy-to-use, research-based reading strategies and activities which are effective in any instructional setting.
E.B.L.I. strategies and activities have a strong emphasis on multi-sensory word level instruction. They are designed to inform, teach, and coach students to understand that every English word is comprised of sounds, that the 43 human sounds are represented by individual letters or letter combinations, and that the English Code is a system of logic. Additionally, E.B.L.I. makes it clear to students that spelling and reading (encoding and decoding) are intricately related, and simultaneous instruction in the reversibility of the English Code is provided. This information, along with fluency training and comprehension strategies, are taught in the context of authentic text to ensure immediate transfer to accurate, efficient reading of any type of text.