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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sink or swim. That's the best way Linna Jordan can describe her experience as a new American in Ohio. "I originally came here in 1981. I was 8 years old," she said, "You were just ...

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 ...

Forty-five languages are spoken by students across Northville Public Schools, where the diversity of its small English-learner population ― about 540 students in K-12 or roughly 22% of all students ― ...