Lost in Translation: Reaching Out to English Language Learners
Publication Type:
Web ArticleYear of Publication:
2005URL:
http://www.edutopia.org/lost-translationAbstract:
The influx of English-language learners (ELLs) into communities across America has created new and unprecedented challenges for administrators and teachers, many already struggling with overcrowded classrooms, dwindling budgets, and strict performance standards for their students. Waves of immigration once limited to large cities such as New York, Miami, and Los Angeles are now reaching into the nation's suburbs, its largest Southern cities, and pockets of the heartland, bringing with them children whose needs go beyond language to issues of poverty and lack of stability. This article in Edutopia (November 2005) describes how some districts and individual schools have found ways to grapple successfully with multilingual classrooms.
Girard, K. (2005). Lost in translation: Reaching out to english language learners. Edutopia (Nov. 2005). Retrieved from Edutopia 29 Apr 2008. Link: http://www.edutopia.org/lost-translation
