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.

Simple strategies—like providing visual cues—that teachers can use to help English learners improve their understanding in any class.

A group of educators has developed an instructional model to support English language learners with special needs.

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.

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.

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.

A teacher seeks out the best approaches to teaching English to non-native speakers, the fastest growing student population in the U.S.

Instead of seeing English language learners as a costly challenge, districts are increasingly recognizing the assets they bring to their schools.

Ideas for developing students’ capacity to understand and use discipline-specific terminology and the language used in instruction.

Some dos and don’ts to help language specialists build strong relationships with content teachers who teach English learners.

Being an English-language learner in the United States is no honeymoon. Efforts to support ELLs have often been well meaning but misinformed. Indeed, a lot of assumptions about how to serve ELLs need to be checked. In this article, UC Berkeley experts Margaret Bridge and Bruce Fuller offer three examples of these faulty assumptions.

Students learn better when they first access what they already know—and this plays a big role in improving English language learners’ academic literacy.

From literacy instruction to arts and technology integration, explore strategies for engaging English-language learners.

Blogger Ayanna Cooper shares some great ideas for connecting with students just learning English.