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February 2016 | Volume 73 | Number 5
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Marge Scherer
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Ilana M. Umansky, Rachel A. Valentino and Sean F. Reardon
What research says about one of the most effective approaches for ELLs.
Jane Hill
Here's how to avoid missteps with beginning-level English learners.
Wayne E. Wright
Strategies and programs that build oral language proficiency.
Patricia Gándara and Lucrecia Santibañez
Overcoming the teacher-quality gap for ELLs begins with acknowledging that teachers need special skills.
Carol Booth Olson, Robin Scarcella and Tina Matuchniak
What it takes to help ELLs undertake challenging writing tasks.
Lydia Breiseth
How to break down barriers and overcome hurdles to meaningful communication.
Anny Fritzen Case
How to encourage socialization among kids who speak different languages.
Kristina Robertson
How to give specific, helpful feedback about language usage.
Barbara Gottschalk
Here's what to say to correct misguided assumptions and further a better understanding of ELLs.
David R. M. Saavedra
A high school teacher puts himself in his English learners' shoes.
Anne Beninghof and Mandy Leensvaart
A co-teaching model helped move a school from "improvement" status to "exceeds."
Donna C. Celano and Susan B. Neuman
No longer places to shush children, public libraries encourage families to play, talk, and read together.
Kevin Roxas and María L. Gabriel
A photovoice project provides a way for ELLs to share their stories.
Reviews, research, and relevant reads.
Bryan Goodwin and Heather Hein
ELLs are engaged in an amazing feat: learning another language.
Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey
Make the classroom friendlier by clarifying your objectives. Watch the video.
Catlin Tucker
Two techy ways to provide differentiated support.
Thomas R. Hoerr
The best solution is one that everyone owns.
Carol Ann Tomlinson
If you were new to a language, what kind of classroom would you like?
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Eight Lessons About Language Learning
Margarita Calderón
A systemwide program that offers in-depth reading and writing sessions works for all students, not just English language learners.
Diane Staehr Fenner
Three ways to ensure more equitable and valid assessments for ELLs.
Gregorio Verbera
Schools must make school more welcoming, especially to those students who feel that no one cares.
Naomi Thiers
Wayne E. Wright and Jane Hill
Jane Hill, author with Kirsten B. Miller of Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners (2nd ed., ASCD, 2013), talks about what beginning English language learners need from their teachers.
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