A Quick-Start Guide for Teaching English-Language Learners
Wendi Pillars has published a useful guide for the teachers of English language.
Pillars says, “Imagine the following scenario: As a new teacher, you meet with your school’s English-as-a-second-language teacher, who informs you that you have students on your class list who are English-language learners.
Your heart sinks. What will you do with “them”? How will you manage to get high scores when you have ELLs in your class? How will you be able to teach them?
Let’s shift that narrative. (more…)