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English-Language Learners

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

  • The Necessity of Having High Expectations

    Conveying compassion for students while holding them to high standards can help improve equity in education.
    Kristine Napper

  • Identifying and Supporting Gifted ELLs

    An inclusive framework for finding gifted and talented students can ensure that English language learners don’t slip through the cracks.
    Louise El Yaafouri

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Dual Immersion Solution

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

  • 4 Simple Ways to Support English Learners’ Comprehension

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

  • Domingo: Somebody Just Like Me

    When students see themselves reflected in their teachers, it shows them that they too can succeed.

  • Strategies and Resources for Supporting English-Language 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.
    Todd Finley

  • Activating Prior Knowledge With English Language Learners

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

  • Resources for Teaching English-Language Learners

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

  • 10 Tips for Teaching English-Language Learners

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