Language skills are essential to a child’s ability to communicate and develop. These skills enable children to engage with other people and learn from their surroundings and in the classroom. Language ...
The new “question-of-the-week” is: What is the role, if any, of an ELL student’s home language in the classroom? In Part One of this series, Melissa Eddington, Wendi Pillars, Tracey Flores, Sandy ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This overview of classroom-centered research on language teaching and learning is a survey of themes, not of research findings. Beginning with ...
In response to a growing demand for highly proficient speakers of foreign languages, both from private and government sectors, an added emphasis has been placed on immersion-type programs that offer ...
Within the United States, education is commonly regarded as an equalizer to opportunity and upward mobility. In reality, there are countless impediments in the system that exclude low-income children ...
It’s important for teachers to find ways to teach social-emotional learning and character development to help their students build the skills necessary to process the events of 2020 and to persevere ...
New Nord Anglia Education research shows how simple classroom routine boosts early learners' confidence, independence, and self-awareness New insights reveal how a daily activity called 'Flag Time' ...
To kick-start Hispanic Heritage Month, students at Brashear High School festooned the building’s south wing corridors with bright murals, forming a tapestry of color that reflects the school’s ...
Masks can obscure a smile, muffle a voice, and make lip reading impossible. But those are minor obstacles to human interaction, says Lindsay Yazzolino, who is blind. "It's interesting to me how ...
Samuel Ouma Oyoo does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Over ten percent of the student population in the United States is comprised of English Language Learners. Given that reality, the role of a student’s home language merits discussion. Use of students’ ...