It is important to remember that the language learner is a person who brings into the classroom a cultural background that he has possessed since birth and which is tightly interlaced with his native ...

Much has been written, on both theoretical and empirical levels, about the idea of focus on form and the suggestion that some kind of form-focused activity needs to be incorporated into second ...

The Virginia Levine Second Language Educators' Conference (VLSLEC) is a professional development platform for Second Language teachers and teachers-in-training. The annual event is open to students ...

Teachers of English learners find it challenging to communicate in classrooms where students come from a variety of language and cultural backgrounds. Some children may speak Spanish at home, while ...

This course will survey the field of methodology in second language teaching. Students will examine past and present second language learning and teaching experiences in a variety of contexts. The ...

Communication goes both ways in Anali Garibay’s second-grade classroom. Last spring, inside her Mark Twain Elementary portable classroom, students got to work on a daily assignment, their desks formed ...

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Warren Midgley 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’ ...