MARION – Their words slipping in front of and behind each other's, the trio of third-grade students excitedly told the story of John Merrick, the English man with severe deformities who was exhibited ...

Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. And it becomes even more challenging for ESL learners.

Voicethread’s tagline is “Conversations in the cloud” and that pretty much sums it up. I love using Voicethread activities with my ESL students at City College of San Francisco and have been doing so ...

Mark Toner, Teacher Magazine (Moderator): Welcome to Teacher’s live chat. I’m Mark Toner, the magazine’s senior editor, and our guest is Chris Embler, an English teacher at Smithfield-Selma High ...

MIDDLETOWN - English as a Second Language (ESL) students worked together to share their holiday traditions with other Middlesex Community College students Wednesday. Students gathered in Founders Hall ...

WORCESTER - The student is sitting alone, not speaking to anyone. He’s new, having just moved here from Ecuador, and the few other students he knows are not in this class. The scenario has been played ...

MOLINE, Ill. — On Thursday, Black Hawk College students, staff and families gathered at the Vibrant Arena at the MARK for a day of celebration. The school hosted their ESL graduation for their English ...

WAXHAW, N.C. — At just 16-years-old, Aarav Agrawal has lived all over the world, and he’s no stranger to the struggles of learning behind a language barrier. “I was born in Thailand, raised in Mexico, ...

MANKATO — A healthy sense of humor is one of Linda Bosworth’s chief personality traits that aids her in helping her ESL students at the Lincoln Community Center in Mankato. “She is an amazing teacher ...

Picking up a new language at any stage of life presents challenges, but for older adults learning English after moving to the United States, the endeavor can be especially consuming. Metro area ...