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Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent English Language Learners. Learn more about CAL's work on this adolescent ELL literacy study.

CAL Services
Learn more about our profe ssional development and technical assistance services.

Teacher Tools
Learn more about CAL’s tools for teachers and paraprofessionals working with English language learners.

Resource Corner

CAL Digests
Browse of our collection of free downloadable digests including

Coaching Language Teachers NEW

Principles of Instructed Second Language Acquisition

Integrated Content and Language Instruction

Singable Books: Sing and Read Your Way to English Proficiency

Oral Proficiency Assessment: The Use of Technology in Test Development and Rater Training

English Language Learners with Special Needs: Effective Instructional Strategies

Promoting Successful Transitions to the Mainstream: Effective Instructional Strategies for Bilingual Students

Working with Young English Language Learners: Some Considerations

  

English Language Learners

PreK–12

As the number of English language learners in the United States continues to grow, educators are seeking to develop research-based instructional strategies to serve these students. CAL’s projects focus on language and literacy acquisition in the elementary and secondary grades, particularly for learners for whom English is a second language. The projects and publications outlined within this section present research, program designs, and strategies for enhancing the language and literacy development of English language learners.

Projects

The Center for Applied Linguistics is involved in a variety of projects related to language and cultural education issues. Read more.

ONPAR LogoComputer-Based Test of Science and Math for Beginning English Language Learners
CAL is working with the WIDA Consortium to develop ONPAR, an alternative test that allows students to demonstrate their content knowledge with a test instrument sensitive to their lower proficiency in English. CAL and WIDA recently launched the ONPAR Web site. Learn more.

Publications and Resources

CAL has a variety of publications and resources related to instruction for English language learners in Grades preK–12. Learn more.

The Working Group on ELL Policy
The Working Group on ELL Policy is a group of researchers with extensive experience in the education of English language learners (ELLs) and a substantial understanding of the research on effective strategies for this population.

The Working Group’s mission is to bring a research perspective to developing recommendations, share information, and foster dialogue among educators, policy makers, and other stakeholders about current policy issues affecting ELLs.

Learn more.

Quality Counts 2009: Portrait of a Population
How English-Language Learners Are Putting Schools to the Test
CAL worked with Education Week to create a downloadable PDF of selected articles from the recent Quality Counts 2009, the latest in a series of annual report cards tracking state education policies and outcomes.

This PDF features three articles from the report that reference CAL’s work on the education of English language learners. Learn more.

Developing Reading and Writing in Second-Language LearnersDeveloping Reading and Writing in Second-Language Learners
Learn more about this accessible summary of the full report from the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth.

What's Different?CAL is offering additional Training of Trainers and Direct Strategies Institutes featuring the What's Different About Teaching Reading to Students Learning English? materials. Learn more.