Education Week

Teaching English-Language Learners: What Does the Research Tell Us?

Nearly 3 in 4 American classrooms now includes at least one English-language learner, and these students make up roughly 1 in 10 public school students. While their numbers continue to rise quickly, ...
Education Week

What I Learned From Teaching English-Language Learners for 30 Years

When I started teaching in California’s public schools 30 years ago, it was the beginning of the so-called English-only movement. “Qualified teachers” for multilingual learners were chosen to teach if ...
Boston College

Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Boston College’s TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate program is designed to prepare future English language educators with the essential skills, knowledge, and ...
The Conversation

Learning grammar is just as important as it always was but the way we teach it has changed

John Munro. has in the past been a chief investigator on ARC-funded projects Many students returning to school this year face a renewed focus on grammar. Just before Christmas, the NSW curriculum was ...
The Conversation

All teachers need to teach language and literacy, not just English teachers

Sue Ollerhead 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 ...
The Atlantic

The Wrong Way to Teach Grammar

A century of research shows that traditional grammar lessons—those hours spent diagramming sentences and memorizing parts of speech—don’t help and may even hinder students’ efforts to become better ...