Teachers can structure supports to guide English learners to speak and write using grade-level, discipline-specific language.

It started with a simple after-school conversation last spring between two teachers. Barbara Page, a veteran English-as-a-second-language teacher, and Meredith Vanden Berg, an 8th grade science ...

Over ten percent of the student population in the United States is comprised of English Language Learners. Given that reality, the role of a student’s home language merits discussion. Use of students’ ...

In any learning environment, clear and concise communication is fundamental to a productive atmosphere. For English language learners, or in classrooms where English is the primary medium of ...

Kindergartner Andres Munoz grabbed Mary Rossetti's hand, hugged her and offered a quick greeting in Spanish. Rossetti, an English as a Second Language teacher, answered in fluent Spanish and Munoz ...

The view on Gonzaga’s campus Thursday was your typical camp scene. Dozens of teenagers chatted as they streamed past a gaggle of third-graders, who were cheerily singing a camp song under the guidance ...

Art has a unique power in the ESL classroom–a magic that bridges cultures, ignites imagination, and breathes life into language. For English Language Learners (ELLs), it’s more than an expressive ...

A Spanish teacher gives us the low-down on how the open world game can engage language learners in new ways. Glen Irvin has taught Spanish for the past 13 years at Wabasha-Kellogg High School in ...