English Language Learners
Discover ways to optimize instruction to address the needs of students who are learning English.
Helping Young Multilingual Learners Develop Their Metacognitive Skills
An educator explains how students can more easily access common supports like visuals, sentence frames, and pair-share.720Your content has been saved!
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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.105.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Using an Input-Output Loop to Help Newcomer Students Learn Class Content
Teachers can carefully chunk information to support newcomer students in learning grade-level content while developing their English proficiency.199Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Activating Learning by Milling to Music
When students pretend they’re at a fancy party making small talk, a simple brainstorm for writing ideas becomes more lively, more cooperative—and more effective.22.5kYour content has been saved!
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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.51.4kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Making Space for Native Languages in Newcomer Classrooms
When English language learners are given consistent opportunities to practice their home languages in class, their English proficiency flourishes—along with their sense of belonging and identity.Questions to Ask About Your Multilingual Students
The English language specialist at your school can help you work with multilingual learners—you just need to know what to ask.138Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.10 Brilliant Uses of Edtech in 2025
We asked educators to share the creative ways they’re solving problems, bolstering classroom learning experiences, and streamlining time-consuming tasks.Supporting Multilingual Students in the Early Grades
Five ways teachers can celebrate and extend the linguistic expertise of young students who speak two or more languages.10.5kYour content has been saved!
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8 Strategies for Teaching Academic Language
Ideas for developing students’ capacity to understand and use discipline-specific terminology and the language used in instruction.24.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Tailoring Instruction to Support English Language Learners
Setting up a self-contained classroom for English language learners bolsters academics and helps students reach fluency faster.3.3kYour content has been saved!
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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.17.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Taking a Playful Approach to Assessment
When teachers bring collaboration, creativity, and choice into assessment, anxiety and dread give way to confidence and joy as students show off what they have learned.3.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Strategies That Help Multilingual Students Learn Content and English at the Same Time
Teachers can use these strategies to help keep students who are still learning English on track with their peers.Supporting Neuroplasticity in Multilingual Learners
Challenging, culturally responsive assignments can create a dynamic that supports students’ language development and critical thinking.
