Literacy/ESL
Words Matter – The Case for Shifting to “Emergent Bilingual”
Throughout IDRA’s almost five decades, we have paid close attention to how we speak about people in terms of race or ethnicity, gender, etc....
Rumi in the Language Classroom Vol 6: Learner Differences
Rumi in the Language Classroom Series Vol 6
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Creating a Culturally Responsive Teaching Ecosystem
Culturally responsive teaching (CRT), a research-based approach that makes meaningful connections between what students learn in school and their cultures, languages, and life experiences,...
Help Your Students Slide Up, Not Down, Over the Summer
During the summer months, young children lose literacy gains made during the school year, a phenomenon known as “summer slide.” The most ...
Preschoolers Continue to Lose Learning Opportunities from Pandemic
Children from 3 to 5 years of age have lost important learning opportunities due to the pandemic, according to a nationwide survey by the...
The Science of Reading in Dual Language
“Literacy has two beginnings: one, in the world, the...
California Bill Would Redefine Dual Language Learners
A new bill in the California State Assembly could...
Día Turns 25
Each year on April 30, libraries, schools, parks, and community organizations across the nation observe El día de los niños, El día de los...
Celebrating Multilingual Learner Identity through Personal Narrative Instruction
The social isolation and countless hours of silent, independent assignments young linguistically diverse scholars have endured during the past year of online learning have...
Translanguaging as a Transformative Force in Literacy
Translanguaging is a 21st-century way of thinking about language...
Improving Accountability for English Learners in California
Californians Together, a statewide education advocacy coalition, has introduced a new framework for accountability focused on the needs of English learner (EL) students in...
Improving Accountability for English Learners in California
Californians Together, a statewide education advocacy coalition, has introduced a new framework for accountability focused on the needs of English learner (EL) students in...
Where Do Students Store New Vocabulary?
A study on word learning recently published in Neuropsychologia is shedding light on the age-old question of how language learners’ minds store the target...
Six Myths about Emergent Bilinguals
There are enough myths about emergent bilinguals to drive English learner (EL) educators crazy trying to correct them all. We’ve gathered six of the...
Advocacy Groups Call to Postpone In-Person Exam for ELL’s
A number of advocacy groups have called on President-elect...
A Voice for English Teachers in Africa
America-jin desuka? Nai, Africa-jin desu.
Back in 2009, as I...
Stop Overlooking English Learners
Deborah J. Short outlines a plan to invest and engage in English Learner education
In the past six months, we have heard the cry “DEFUND”...
From Silence to Conversation: Breaking Down the Wall One Essential Shift...
Dan: What is one of the most common barriers to facilitating the shift from silence to oracy for multilingual learners, and how can we...