Category: English Learners

Oral language development: a teacher supporting young English Learners as they speak and build expressive language
What oral language development is, why it is the foundation of literacy for English Learners, how to measure it, and how districts can scale it.
ESL speaking activities: diverse elementary students practicing English in pairs while the teacher circulates
How much speaking practice English Learners actually need, how to measure the minutes each student gets, and why activity design alone cannot raise the ceiling.
A teacher facilitating group talk, supporting multilingual learners in the classroom
How to support multilingual learners in the classroom: practical strategies for comprehensible input, oral language, and speaking practice that actually scale.
A teacher with young children, multilingual learners vs English learners
Multilingual learners vs English learners: the difference between the asset-based and federal terms, why it matters legally, and what districts should use.
A teacher with a young child, illustrating what is a multilingual learner
What is a multilingual learner? The definition, how MLL relates to EL, ELL, and ESL, and why states are adopting the term.
TELO with students and Teacher
How K-5 teachers use Telo to give English Learners individualized speaking practice during centers, rotations, and intervention blocks.
TELO with students
How districts use MTSS to support English Learners in Tiers 2 and 3, avoid over-identification for special education, and scale intervention capacity.