Welcome to episode 241 of Angel Awatsun's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host Angel Awatsun and I'm here to speak life, encouragement and truth into the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead.

Today, I'm talking with Huayang Xiong to debunk myths about English language learners.

Visit truthforteachers.com to get Huas blog posts and check out our new Truth for Teachers' Writers Collective, which Huwa is part of.

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So today I'm sharing six myths about English language learners that I wish I had debunked sooner.

These are beliefs and assumptions that I hold at the beginning of my teaching career and I unlearned them slowly over time.

I think you'll find that they are super common myths and in fact my guest today has also worked through many of them and she encounters them frequently among her fellow educators.

Hua Yang Shion is currently an elementary ESOL teacher, ESOL being an acronym for English for Speakers of Other Languages.

She works with students in grades three to five of various backgrounds, native languages and English proficiency levels.

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