English Language Learners

PreK–12

Publications and Resources

CAL offers a variety of resources related to instruction for English language learners in Grades PreK–12. Click on any of the titles below to learn more.

Be Who You Are: Refugee Youth in the United States (Video)

CAL Digest Series 1: The Complete Collection

CAL Digest Series 2: English Language Learners

CAL Digest Series 3: Professional Development for Language Teachers

Communicative Math and Science Teaching (Video)

Creating Access: Language and Academic Programs for Secondary School Newcomers

Designing Effective Activity Centers for Diverse Learners: A Guide for Engaging Students in Reading Comprehension Using Instructional Conversation (Video)

Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners

Developing Reading and Writing in Second-Language Learners NEW!

English Language Learners with Special Education Needs: Identification, Assessment, and Instruction

Enhancing English Language Learning in Elementary Classrooms

Enriching Content Classes for Secondary ESOL Students

Five Standards for Effective Pedagogy (CD-Rom Series)

Helping English Learners Succeed: An Overview of the SIOP Model (Video)

How to Integrate Language and Content Instruction: A Training Manual

Integrating Language and Content in Secondary School: Instructional Strategies and Thematic Units

Literacy and Language Diversity in the United States

Making Content Comprehensible for English Language Learners: The SIOP Model

Meeting the Challenge of Teaching Linguistically Diverse Students (Video Series)

Professional Development for Bilingual and ESL Paraprofessionals: The Aspire Curriculum

Program Alternatives for Linguistically Diverse Students

Realizing the Vision of Two-Way Immersion: Fostering Effective Program

The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol: A Tool for Teacher-Researcher Collaboration and Professional Development

SIOP Model Digest Series

The SIOP Model: Sheltered Instruction for Academic Achievement (Video)

SIOP Package

Teaching Alive! A Case Studies Series

Two-Way Immersion Resource Collection

Using the SIOP Model: Professional Development Manual for Sheltered Instruction

What Teachers Need to Know About Language

What’s Different About Teaching Reading to Students Learning English? Revised for 2007 [Learn more about the upcoming What's Different? Summer Institute]

Why Reading Is Hard

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