Julie Dearden receives funding from the British Council. Universities and schools across the globe are offering an increasing number of courses taught in English. Parents and politicians alike are ...

In any learning environment, clear and concise communication is fundamental to a productive atmosphere. For English language learners, or in classrooms where English is the primary medium of ...

At Dos Puentes Elementary School, “red time” is for speaking Spanish and “blue time” is for speaking English. Teachers also support students as they shift between languages. Credit: Tara García ...

Anyone who has any empathy at all knows, it’s easy to understand why an English-language learner would choose to constantly use Google Translate in their writing. And, as every teacher of ELLs knows, ...

Classroom learning is mostly associated with the auditory sense. After all, the teacher speaks up from the front and the students listen to what is shared. Yet, one only has to open one's eyes to see ...

Geneva Smitherman ended up in speech therapy in her freshman year at Wayne State University in the 1950s, when she failed a test to screen incoming teaching students for possible speech problems. The ...

They deemed these terms too cool for school. Younger people’s lingo isn’t just ruffling feathers in the workplace: A teacher sparked a furious debate online after unveiling a list of 32 slang words ...

Smartphones and other devices have long been maligned as distractions in university classrooms. But when employed strategically, many educators find them useful. By Michael T. Luongo This article is ...

This study investigates contextual features surrounding the use of a first language (L1) in a Japanese university English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) course during peer interaction in the extended ...

N. K. Jemisin, the only author to win the prestigious Hugo Award for best science-fiction or fantasy novel three years in a row, partly credits fan fiction for her ability to draw in readers. Jemisin ...

This is the latest post in a monthslong series on how we can lift up student identities in the classroom. Jessica Wood is the director of experiential marketing for EL Education with 25 years of ...