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, ...

Excerpted from “The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox: Hundreds of Practical Ideas to Support Your Students,” by Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski, with permission from the authors. Having the confidence to ...

Eikaiwa, Young Learners, Teacher Beliefs, Teacher Practices, Code-Switching, L1 Use, Translanguaging, Optimal Use, Japanese EFL Share and Cite: Harris, A. (2026) Japanese Use in English Language ...

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.

Cultural diversity in the classroom is on the rise. In 2014, U.S. public schools hit a minority majority milestone with Latino, African-American, and Asian students having surpassed the number of ...

There are millions of English-language Learners in U.S. schools, and many—if not most—of them are in mainstream classes with students who are much more proficient in English. Given that situation, how ...