Volume 10 Issue 2

Webinar: Reaching English-Language Learners to Ensure Equity for All, January 25

Post author:Tarun Patel
Post published:January 9, 2018
Post category:ELT Webinars Volume 10 Volume 10 Issue 2

Join Illuminate Education for an educational webinar where they will explore the crucial issue of reaching English-language learner students (ELLs), one of the fastest growing segments of school-age population.

The inability to meet the needs of our ELL populations has created disproportionate outcomes. Many ELL students have been unintentionally denied educational opportunities due to the system’s failure to meet each student’s specific needs. Let’s work to better understand the problems so we can ensure future ELLs have the guidance and instruction they need to succeed. (more…)

For English-Learners, a Positive Side to Peer Pressure

Post author:Tarun Patel
Post published:January 9, 2018
Post category:Volume 10 Volume 10 Issue 2

Corey Mitchell has published a useful article on how peer pressure positively affects the English language learners.

Mitchell says, “As a veteran theater professor, Andrew Kahn knows a great acting job when he sees one.

During his twice-a-week visits to Lafayette International High School in Buffalo, N.Y., there’s a newly arrived student from the Congo who pretends to struggle with his locker combination. The student knows the numbers to his combination, Kahn said, but he seizes any opportunity to connect one-on-one with someone in the school.

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A Quick-Start Guide for Teaching English-Language Learners

Post author:Tarun Patel
Post published:January 9, 2018
Post category:Volume 10 Volume 10 Issue 2

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…)