A large number of limited English proficient (LEP) students in the United States spend only a small fraction of their school day with ESL teachers. Yet regular classroom teachers are unprepared in how ...

“Differentiated instruction"—both the term and the idea—can carry a lot of baggage in teaching circles. This blog has carried many posts, including a video series my colleague Katie Hull and I ...

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Vol. 32, No. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE: The Role of Oral and Written Corrective Feedback in SLA (June 2010), pp. 203-234 (32 pages) This article examines whether there ...

Walk into any classroom with students learning English, and you’ll likely see a complex tapestry of linguistic diversity.

If you are curious about the world, the growing number of English Language Learners in your classroom represents a tremendous opportunity to connect with students from all over the planet as well as ...

Since arriving in the United States in June, Olha Hubarieva has struggled to feel understood. That is, until she stepped foot in a Spokane Community College classroom to begin English as a second ...

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’ ...