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Implementing Evidence-Based Instructional Practices for English Learners: Using Research to Guide Practice
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Jennifer Blitz – Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2025
As with all learners, English learners (ELs) require more than basic reading and writing skills to successfully engage with rigorous academic content, progress through school, and be fully prepared for postsecondary education and careers. ELs must be able to access grade-level content while simultaneously developing proficiency and autonomy in…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, English Learners, Personal Autonomy, Language Proficiency
Language in the Multi-Ethnic Classroom
Hester, Hilary; Wight, Jim – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1977
The Center for Urban Educational Studies is engaged in various primary school language projects, notably Second Language in the Primary School Project (SLIPP) and Reading Through Understanding (RTU). Discusses how these have affected language instruction in the multi-ethnic classroom. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cross Cultural Training, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups
D'un apprenant a l'autre (From One Learner to Another).
Cicurel, Francine – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
Classroom communication in the second-language class is examined from an ethnographic perspective, highlighting the role of students in helping each other learn. Turn-taking, patterns of addressing teacher and peers, and different kinds of interaction that promote learning: cooperative; didactic; competitive; theatrical; personalized. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Discourse Analysis
Peer Coaching: An Effective Staff Development Model for Educators of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students.
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Galbraith, Paul; Anstrom, Kris – Directions in Language and Education, 1995
Peer coaching develops from a leadership role on the part of educators of linguistically and culturally diverse (LCD) students, together with an interdisciplinary cooperation between bilingual/English as a Second Language (ESL) and mainstream staff. Peer coaching is a professional development method in which teachers share their expertise and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Collegiality, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language)
Breaking Rules: Constructing Avenues of Access in Multilingual Classrooms.
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Putney, LeAnn G.; Wink, Joan – TESOL Journal, 1998
Presents vignettes from grade five, seven, and eight bilingual classrooms with a linguistically and culturally diverse student population, focusing on specific ways that teachers can aid students in constructing meaning in English, promote two-way communication between teacher and student and among students, foster social integration and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Input in Second Language Acquisition.
Gass, Susan M., Ed.; Madden, Carolyn G., Ed. – 1985
This collection of conference papers includes: "When Does Teacher Talk Work as Input?"; "Cultural Input in Second Language Learning"; "Skilled Variation in a Kindergarten Teacher's Use of Foreigner Talk"; "Teacher-Pupil Interaction in Second Language Development"; "Foreigner Talk in the University…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conference Proceedings
Current Topics in Early Childhood Education. Volume IV.
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; And Others – 1982
The ten chapters in this volume address issues of concern to those who work with or conduct research with young children and those who plan programs or prepare others for teaching or caregiving. Included are "The Development of Bilingual and Bicultural Competence in Young Children," by Muriel Saville-Troike; "Development of…
Descriptors: Art, Biculturalism, Child Caregivers, Classroom Techniques