English Language Learners
English Language Learners
English Language Learners
Engage English Language Learners and Dual Language Learners with these online resources to assist in skill development and achievement.
Resources for English Language Learners
Online Resources
11 Language Development Strategies for ELs | Brookes Publishing - Promote second language acquisition and literacy skills for English learners (ELs) with these eleven effective strategies.
AdLit: Teaching English Language Learners - AdLit is a national multimedia project that provides educators and families with resources to lift struggling readers and writers in middle school and high school.
Center for Open Educational Resources for Language Learning |COERLL - Funded by the U.S. Department of Education to improve the teaching and learning of foreign languages by producing resources (materials and best practices) that can be profitably employed in a variety of settings.
Colorín Colorado | A bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners
Coronavirus: Multilingual Resources for Schools - A collection multilingual fact sheets and infographics to share information on the coronavirus
English Language Project | Next Vista - A collection of hundreds of very short videos to supplement the language learning efforts of people around the globe.
ISTE Latino COVID-19 - Spanish language resources for remote learners
Microsoft Translator for Education - The Microsoft Translator conversation feature translates live, in-person conversations, enabling two or more people to interact either one-on-one or for larger group interactions.
Mosaic: An Integrated Approach to Mathematics, Science, Technology, & Language | SEDL - A K–5 supplemental instructional program that provides lessons and resources that integrate math, science, and technology while supporting English learners and academic language skills.
Duoreader is available via web, android and iOS and offers a collection of classic texts. It currently supports Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Arabic, and Russian and provides an adjustable read-aloud feature, allowing for different accents and reading speeds.
Educator Support | NCELA - NCELA collects, coordinates, and conveys a broad range of research and resources in support of an inclusive approach to high quality education for English learners. Resources for educators include practice briefs, toolkits, webinars, podcasts, and more.
Footsteps2Brilliance - Free Library - Offers a number of bilingual (English/Spanish) “talking books” for early readers (and ELLs).
ISTE Latino COVID-19 - Spanish language resources for remote learners
Languages on the Web - Short stories in English translated into many languages in a convenient parallel text format to help you learn them more quickly and easily.
Paso Partners - Integrating Mathematics, Science and Language: An Instructional Program | SEDL - Lesson plans for K-3 teachers designed to increase the achievement of ELL in science and math.
SpeakyReads - Improve your Speaking, Listening and Spelling - Advanced speaking, listening and spelling practice in English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Special Education and Your Child | Colorin Colorado - Special Education and Your Child: FAQs for Multilingual Families
TeachVid - Home: Teach languages with videos - Online tool that uses flipped learning and lessons to teach foreign languages and ESL students.
USA Learns - USA Learns is a free website to help adults learn English online with three English courses teaching beginning English and intermediate English.
LRC-S Quick Tip | Translation Tools from Google - Discover new ways to support English Language Learners and bilingual families with these free translation tools from Google.
WIDA: University of Wisconsin-Madison Resources | The newly revamped Teaching in PreK-3 webpage now includes videos and supporting resources that give an overview of how districts, programs, schools and staff can promote equitable transitions for multilingual children and their families as they move through PreK-3.
WIDA PreK-3 Essential Actions - a new self-paced workshop for PreK-3 educators! This workshop provides an opportunity for educators to build their knowledge and understanding of the Essential Actions and reflect on their own ideologies, practices and settings. Exploring the WIDA PreK-3 Essential Actions, is available via the WIDA Secure Portal for educators whose state education agencies participate in WIDA’s Self-Paced Workshop package. Learn more and get started on the eLearning page.