I have been thinking about educating students who speak English as a second language in the framework of my own family history and the history of immigration in the United States. Since St. Patrick’s Day just recently passed I can safely assume that at some point last weekend there was someone nearby wearing a lei … Continue reading
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The alphabet soup of working with students whose first language is not English…or what ESL, ELL, ESOL, EAP, EAL, EFL, ELT, ESOL, TESL, TEFL, and TESOL mean
These labels are an alphabet soup of confusing mixed messages that makes the debate about how to best educate children who are learning or speaking English as a second language confusing and difficult to follow. Is a child labeled ESL or ELL? Do we have a certification in TESL or TESOL? Or does it matter … Continue reading
Time To Stop and Think 