English-Language Learners

Discover ways to optimize instruction to address the needs of students who are learning English.

5 Effective Modeling Strategies for English Learners
Providing English learners—and all students—with examples of how to do learning tasks is particularly useful during distance learning.
Daria Witt, Michael Soet
4 Ways to Encourage Math Talks
Math discussions boost students’ math skills—and also help them see themselves as valued math thinkers.
Sarah Gonser
Teaching Target Language Vocabulary With Micro Field Trips
For both English learners and world language students, getting out of the classroom can make learning new words more engaging.
Laurel Schwartz
12 Fun Speaking Games for Language Learners
Every teacher has faced the struggle of encouraging students to speak. Here's a list of a fun activities to get your students to talking.
Diane Gantenhammer
Co-Teaching in Distance Learning
A middle school English and special education teacher share how they meet the needs of all of their students—and the new practices they’ll bring back to the classroom.
Sarah Kesty, Joshua Dye
6 Essential Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners
We interviewed educators with decades of experience in teaching ELLs and tapped a network of experts and observers to find the strategies that work.
Emily Kaplan
Do’s & Don’ts for Teaching English-Language Learners
In an excerpt from his book with fellow teacher Katie Hull Sypnieski, blogger Larry Ferlazzo looks at a few basic ways to reach students who are learning English as well as the subject at hand.
Larry Ferlazzo
Preparing for Cultural Diversity: Resources for Teachers
How can teachers prepare for diverse classrooms? There isn't a definitive answer, but there is a wealth of resources online. Discover some helpful links for teachers.
Matt Davis
The Necessity of Having High Expectations
Conveying compassion for students while holding them to high standards can help improve equity in education.
Kristine Napper
Helpful Online Resources for Teaching ELLs
Websites and teacher-created videos make content more accessible for English language learners—whether they’re in the classroom or at home.
Laurel Schwartz
8 Strategies for Teaching Academic Language
Ideas for developing students’ capacity to understand and use discipline-specific terminology and the language used in instruction.
Todd Finley
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Building Cross-Cultural Connections in Two Languages
At a bilingual school in Chicago, first-grade teachers swap classrooms so students get lessons in both Mandarin and English.
Teaching English Language Learners: A Complex Endeavor
A teacher seeks out the best approaches to teaching English to non-native speakers, the fastest growing student population in the U.S.
Carly Berwick
A Strategy for Giving Corrective Feedback to ELLs
Using sentence frames and explicit feedback thoughtfully can provide the right balance of structure and scaffolding for English language learners.
Shveta Miller
6 Tips for Engaging the Families of English Language Learners
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Louise El Yaafouri

English-Language Learners

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5 Effective Modeling Strategies for English Learners

12 Fun Speaking Games for Language Learners