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Paraprofessionals (teacher's aides) can play an important roles in the success of English language learners.

Download teacher approved images for lesson plans, assignments, and projects to support language learning comprehension.

Two great videos demonstrating the POWER of sheltered instruction. This would be great to show teachers what it is like to be an ELL and how we can make the content comprehensible. NOTE: video is midway down the page

English Learners (ELs)-students whose second language is English and who are not fully proficient in English-constitute the fastest growing portion of the K-12 student population. By 2025, according to U.S. government estimates, as many as one in four students in the United States will come from a home where a language other than English is spoken. Because many of these students tend to do poorly in school, teachers are encouraged to regularly use research-based practices to improve these students' academic achievement. Yet knowing which practices actually are research-based-that is, they are supported by research demonstrating impact on student outcomes-is not clear to many educators. This series of articles will help educators identify students' levels of oral and academic language proficiency, offer interactive and direct techniques to promote literacy development, and build and maintain effective programs for ELLs.

A short article about effective instruction for ELLs.

A link to the Pinterest boards of the Language and Culture Center of CESA 6! Absolutely fabulous! Contains links to information on almost anything you could want to know about ELLs.