Multilingual learners

This is a website designed to support teachers of English Learners/Multilingual Learners.

by Valentina Gonzalez I have to admit that when I first began my role as an ESL teacher years ago, I didn't know much about ELs other than through my own experiences. My experience growing up as an English learner helped me form my beliefs about language acquisition and helped me as I worked with…

Tips to Help Your English Language Learners If you have English language learners in your classroom you already know that teaching reading for this group can be a challenge. Many teachers simply have not had much exposure to the kinds of strategies that can help these kids learn. Just like all other students teachers serve, English language learners have varying abilities and reading levels. What makes it complicated is when students arrive with no language skills other than maybe knowing…

Explore effective scaffolding strategies for multilingual learners across different proficiency levels. Discover practical techniques to foster inclusive classrooms and support diverse student needs.

Use WIDA Can Do Descriptors to help you understand and support your emerging bilingual students through differentiated lessons.

Students use language functions in every grade level and across all content areas, so what better way to set English Learners up for success than by explicitly teaching the academic language needed to successfully use language functions.

by Valentina Gonzalez The quality and quantity of preservice instruction in teaching multilingual learners vary, leaving many teachers feeling inadequately prepared. And even those who did re…

ELL Bathroom Briefs are one page infographs offering quick, easily accessible ELL strategies that can be used across cross-content areas.