The number of Michigan K-12 students who need help learning English in school is on the rise, but data tracking growth in those language skills varies widely around the state. The Michigan Department ...

English learners' scores in a test designed to assess their handling of the language saw a sharp drop six years ago and have remained low. The drop coincided with the state's redesign of the test, ...

Being able to read a new language is hard, but having the courage to speak it can be even harder. At UD's English Language Institute (ELI), students can take a theater class that strengthens their ...

Last year, I joined an after-school mentoring group at Sammamish High School where bilingual tutors assisted students classified as “MLL,” or multilingual learners. As someone who speaks English and ...

Emilio Saenz spent his winter break creating a website that would help his friend who struggled to adapt to an English-only school after moving from Mexico. “She was at a school where she was forced ...

Celia Bowman-Jeffries remembers the moment the light bulb went off for a little boy who knew no English when she first started working with him. She could see he was incredibly intelligent, but he was ...

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Words in the same language having different meanings based on geography can be confusing for English language learners.

Research involving hundreds of students at Rochester Institute of Technology will soon begin as part of a study to explore what makes the English language difficult for many deaf students. Gerald P.

“Windows and Mirrors” and “Holding On” were the first two books written by Waipahu High School students in the English Learner Program. Pauleen Figuracion, left, Christian Tangonan and Evon Lozano ...