Helping ELLs Acquire Academic Content

ASCD Express is looking for short, 600–1,000-word essays on the theme "Helping ELLs Acquire Academic Content." The theme description is below, and guidelines for submissions are here. Send us your submissions by October 14, 2009. 

Well-developed ESL programs don’t necessarily take care of the needs of English language learners (ELLs) who have transitioned into mainstream classrooms. Once out of nuts-and-bolts language programs, ELLs still need linguistic and academic support based on a detailed understanding of students’ language development. How can a teacher faced with students at different levels of language proficiency meet everyone’s needs? This issue will explore and explain strategies for content and academic language acquisition using instructional strategies aimed at language development and the broader personal engagement of ELLs.