Hi, this is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 68 of the Cult of Pedagogy Podcast.

In this episode, we're going to talk about 12 ways to support English learners in the

mainstream classroom.

So, you have a new student and he speaks no English.

His family has just moved to your town from Japan and although he receives English as

a second language support, he will also be sitting in your room every day, the plan is

to just give him more exposure to English.

How can you be a good teacher to someone who barely understands you?

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, an average of 9% of students in

U.S. public schools are English language learners.

That number is close to 14% in cities.

Although many of these students start off in high intensity, whole day English programs,

most are integrated into mainstream classrooms within a year, well before their English language

skills would be considered proficient.

How prepared are you to teach these students?

If you're like most classroom teachers, you have little to no training in the most effective

methods for working with English language learners.

So, that means we have a problem.

Students of ELL kids in regular classrooms and no teacher training to ensure the success

of that placement.

So, to learn more about how to solve this problem, I interviewed three ESL teachers.

Now, their interviews are not actually going to be played in this episode.

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