When Kim Emch launched a free summer lunch camp for kids in Hilliard in 2007, she noticed more than half of the children were translating for their parents. What started out as a way for Emch to ...
Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. And it becomes even more challenging for ESL learners.
As the nation’s English-learner population grows each year, more researchers and policymakers are discussing how to best support these students linguistically and academically. Much of that discussion ...