In Part I of this article, the authors explained how games can be effective instructional tools for language learners and describe the qualities that make games suitable for the classroom. In this ...

If you teach English learners, you already know the daily puzzle: a classroom full of students at five or six different ...

Is dictation old-fashioned, too teacher-centered, and boring, or can it be fun, challenging, and a good way to spot students’ language strengths and weaknesses? A post “Why Dictation?” over at My ...

Curtiss Strietelmeier is a K–12 analyst for CDW•G. He spent two years as an elementary teacher, two years as an educational trainer, 10 years as a director of technology and six years as a school ...

Nearly 11 percent of students in Medford Public Schools are part of the English Language Learners (ELL) program, which provides specialized instruction for students who are learning English. That's ...

The Highline School District just published this announcement: One in five Highline students comes to school speaking a language other than English, with a total of 91 languages represented among them ...

ELL specialist uses technology to engage students in every lesson, while providing resources to bridge the gap between their native language and English. [Editor’s note: “My Tech Essentials” is a new ...

More than 10 percent of students in the United States are English language learners (ELLs) – that’s more than 4.8 million children nationwide. While these children don’t learn any differently than ...

Punjabi students are pictured here in August during a Whiteland High School Punjabi class. The growing Punjabi population is driving much of the demand for English Language Learner classes at the ...

Look around the Roaring Fork Valley, and you’ll see that the face of primary education is changing. Over the last two decades, the valley has seen an explosion in the number of Latin American ...

WILLMAR, Minn. - The third-grader lay on the floor on his stomach on the fringe of a group of students, working intently in his math workbook. He looks up at teacher Courtney Hauge and said, "I did it ...