An issue that continues to surface in discussions about how to improve achievement for ELLs is which education approach serves them best—bilingual education or English-only instruction.

English speakers learn a second language and ELLs learn English ... benefit from more challenging work while they're learning English. In his book, Failing Our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge ...

The roundtable, titled “How should we teach reading to English Learners?” delved into the research on the best practices for teaching reading to children learning in a second language. Educators also ...

He also chaired the National Literacy Panel for Language Minority Children and Youth and co-edited the resulting 2006 report on teaching reading and writing to students who are learning English as a ...

Many school districts are at a loss on how to best ... in the language. Kate Menken, an assistant professor of linguistics at the City University of New York who wrote the book English Learners ...

English as a second language ... cultural diversity in the classroom and best-practice teaching methods. An online English language learning program offers flexibility for students who are ...

Graduate students plan, teach, and assess the weekly Community English Classes ... learn principles and best practices for the contextualized teaching of second language (L2) listening and speaking ...

Curriculum covers the theory and practice of second language education, the structure and sound of English, the design and assessment of ESL course materials, as well as broader issues in ...