ELT World News

Alle-Kiski schools tackle language barrier in the US

Pennsylvania: Some Alle-Kiski Valley school districts are experiencing an uptick in the number of new students who speak little or no English. The districts have to make room in their budgets for customized “English as a Second Language (ESL)” or “English-Language Learners (ELL)” education that will reach these students.
Read the full story…

Sphere: Related Content

Teachers from Spain study in U.S. to develop bilingual teaching methods

Forty teachers from Spain spent a month in the U.S. this summer, under the aegis of the government of Madrid, in cooperation with Middlebury College and the Monterey Institute of International Studies, to develop bilingual teaching methodologies to enhance their use and teaching of the English language in subject areas such as science and art.
Read […]

A China-US connection in Minnesota

When Xuewei Wu taught English at a Chinese university last year, her superiors were so impressed with her creative teaching style that they asked where she had mastered it. Her answer: Century College in White Bear Lake — a place none of her colleagues ever heard of. But not anymore.
Thirty-two English-language teachers from Soochow University […]

Arizona: Schools Moving Forward With ELL Program

The Vail School District is moving forward with implementing the English Language Learner program for the 2008-09 school year, as mandated in a court battle that started in 1992.
Under the state mandate, starting next year, all Arizona schools will be required to teach four hours of English a day to students who aren’t proficient in […]

More South Florida parents are choosing bilingual education for their children

California: For English Language Learners Everything Is an Uphill Battle
“Not to be fluent in English is a disadvantage,” says Nalliber Ruiz a 17-year-old Bell Gardens High School student from Colombia, stating the bleeding obvious. “But at the same time, it is a challenge for me [to learn].”
Ruiz came to the U.S as a teenager. […]

VUSD Prepares to Revamp Program for English Learners in California

Arizona: Tucson-Area District to Defy State Law on English Immersion
The Tucson-area school district plans to defy a state law requiring all students learning English to have four-hour daily language immersion classes, saying federal civil rights rules take precedence.
The decision by the Sahuarita Unified School District to exclude its middle and high school students drew […]

ELL on Earth: US latest

New Mexico: Library Uses Grant to Help English Learners
Clovis-Carver Public Library was awarded a $5,000 grant last week by the American Library Association to add / increase their literacy services to adult English language learners. The grant was funded by the Dollar General Foundation, and was awarded to 34 public libraries across the United States, […]

Asian Americans Struggling to Keep up

United States: Asian-American Students Struggling Under NCLB, Group Says
Schools are failing to identify struggling Asian-American students under the No Child Left Behind Act and to give them the academic intervention and support they need, a report says.
“Contrary to stereotypes that cast Asian-Americans as model students of academic achievement, many Asian-American students are struggling, failing, and […]

Mexican bilingual teachers head for Chicago

Texas: Grant Brings iPods to ESL Classes
Ray High School students Jamira Baniqued and Danae Uria, both 15, appeared to breeze through their first language lesson using an iPod. Uria already has one she uses for music and videos. This one will be for learning. “It’s going to be good,” said the native of Cuba, […]

English learners a small part of overall failures in Arizona

Arizona: English Learners a Small Part of Overall Failures
The Arizona Star’s investigation of social promotion found that students in English-language learner classes account for a relatively small portion of the failures in eight Tucson-area school districts.
The finding comes as rhetoric from the national immigration maelstrom prompts questions about the effects of English-language learners on Arizona’s […]