Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Vol. 32, No. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE: The Role of Oral and Written Corrective Feedback in SLA (June 2010), pp. 203-234 (32 pages) This article examines whether there ...

A large number of limited English proficient (LEP) students in the United States spend only a small fraction of their school day with ESL teachers. Yet regular classroom teachers are unprepared in how ...

Improve your teaching skills and get tips on how to teach with The Teachers' Room, our series of teaching tips to help you in the classroom. On this page you'll find a range of teaching techniques and ...

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’ ...

If you are curious about the world, the growing number of English Language Learners in your classroom represents a tremendous opportunity to connect with students from all over the planet as well as ...

Does learning a new language have to come at the cost of your native language? One common phenomenon in English-speaking countries is the loss of mother languages over the course of a few generations.

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What are the best instructional strategies for working with ELLs who have special needs? In Part One, Maria Montalvo, Beverly Maxwell, Jennie Farnell, Ann Wilson, ...

Technology has transformed the way we teach and learn, not only inside the classroom, but also for independent study. Today, teachers must contend not just with learning how to use technology but also ...

It is obvious that any child, irrespective of all the discriminations, acquires his mother tongue from his immediate social context; the family whose affectionate conversations can be considered as ...