LD Online
Ld Online: English Language Learners With Special Needs
This site provides a synopsis of educating ELL students who are struggling in school, and identifying learning disabilities in this population of students. Included are strategies for avoiding misidentification and implementing early...
Other
Working Effectively With English Language Learners
A brief essay aimed at teachers who newly find that their responsibilities have expanded to include teaching both academic content and language skills to English language learners. Practical advice for improving instruction and becoming...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: In Cooking Class, Immigrants Learn Recipe for English
Article reports on a unique approach to learning English in Philadelphia.
Everything ESL
Everything esl.net: Seven Teaching Strategies for Teaching El Ls
Article that outlines seven teaching strategies for classroom teachers to use when instructing English language learners.
American Institutes for Research
Center on Response to Intervention: A Cultural, Linguistic, Ecological Approach
This 2008 brief discusses how RTI can be adapted for English Language Learners (ELL). It provides an initial framework in the use of RTI that considers students' life experiences, including their language proficiencies in their first and...
PBS
Colorin Colorado: Preparing El Ls to Be 21st Century Learners
This research article shares the importance of incorporating technology for ELL students, alongside non-ELL pupils. Strategies to facilitate a 21st Century technology-enhanced classroom are included.
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Learning Disability or Language Development Issue?
Help for teachers struggling to determine whether an English language learner is challenged by a learning disability or by a normal language acquisition issue.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Communication Strategies for All Classrooms: Focusing on Ell
Concrete suggestions for teachers who want to communicate well with all of their students, especially English language learners and students with learning disabilities.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Extra Support for Adolescent El Ls
Before- and after-school programs can play an important role in ELLs' success by providing a place and time for homework, extra academic support, and enrichment activities. These programs are particularly helpful for older students who...
American Institutes for Research
Center on Response to Intervention: Supporting Teachers With Progress Monitoring
This 2006 presentation (PDF PowerPoint and Handouts), conducted by Dr. Erica Lembke and Dr. Laura Saenz.at the Summer Institute on Student Progress Monitoring, discusses issues related to successfully implementing Curriculum Based...
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Working With Bilingual Parent Volunteers
Advice about how to start a group of bilingual parent volunteers at your school to work in mainstream classrooms and with first-year English language learners.
Other
Shutterfly: Ell Resources: Multicultural Books
A short article about the essential elements of a multicultural book. Includes some examples of Asian Pacific American books, and tips for using them in the classroom. Video links will not work for archived website.
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Many things.org: Studying in the Usa
Read along and listen to several articles about foreign students' experiences studying in the United States of America.
Chateau Meddybemps
Chateau Meddybemps: Matching Colors to Words
A short application to help young learners and beginning English language learners recognize color words.
International Reading Association
Using Bilingual Books in Esl and Mainstreamed Classrooms
The authors explain strategies for using bilingual books to foster literacy development with ESL learners. They argue that the presence of books in other languages in the classroom library sends a clear message about the value of...
International Reading Association
Using Bilingual Books in Esl and Mainstreamed Classrooms
The authors explain strategies for using bilingual books to foster literacy development with ESL learners. They argue that the presence of books in other languages in the classroom library sends a clear message about the value of...
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Creating an Atmosphere of Acceptance
Find suggestions on how to create a comfortable and positive environment for the newly arrived ESL student to your class. Lots of resources.
Everything ESL
Everything Esl: Creating an Atmosphere of Acceptance
Find suggestions on how to create a comfortable and positive environment for the newly arrived ESL student to your class. Lots of resources.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Pre Reading Activities for El Ls
Pre-reading activities can engage student interest, activate prior knowledge, or pre-teach potentially difficult concepts and vocabulary. They also offer a great opportunity to introduce comprehension components such as cause and effect,...