Bilingual Education and World Languages / English Language Learners

English as a New Language Programs

Instruction in this program, emphasizes English language acquisition. In an ENL program, language arts and content-area instruction are taught in English using specific ENL instructional strategies.
English Language Learners
While bilingual classes at the beginning level exist and are effective, large public ESL programs with diverse student populations usually start at the very beginning – in English. “My first name is… and “My last name is…” have a surprising amount of shelf life, but again, imagine yourself in Beijing. How long would it take you to figure out that Chinese does not put it together quite the same as English? 您貴姓？is not the same as 你叫什麼名字?

Teaching Vocabulary to English Language Learners

Here a look at one of the aspects of learning English

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Teaching Vocabulary to English Language Learners