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 ...

If you teach English learners, you already know the daily puzzle: a classroom full of students at five or six different ...

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 ...

The Highline School District just published this announcement: One in five Highline students comes to school speaking a language other than English, with a total of 91 languages represented among them ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

STORM LAKE, Ia. — Inside a high school classroom in this northwest Iowa town, teenagers from Central America and Asia gather in a circle, playing a game where they spot a picture and say the English ...

In Michigan, public schools are quietly undergoing a major shift. While overall enrollment declines, the number of English language learners (ELLs) is rising at a historic pace, prompting districts to ...