Science for English Language Learners: K-12 Classroom Strategies (e-book)

eBook | June 2009

If you work with linguistically and culturally diverse students, you and your students will benefit from the foundation this book provides for teaching both science and language. Science for English Language Learners…

Teaching Science to English Language Learners: Building on Students’ Strengths (e-book)

eBook | December 2007

Can a student’s cultural background support learning in science? Or is concentrating on the specialized vocabulary of science the best way to help English language learners learn science? This book addresses these and…

Formative Assessment of English Language Proficiency in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | July 2020

Research and Teaching: The Pairing of a Science Communications and a Language Course to Enrich First-Year English Language Learners’ Writing and Argumentation Skills

Journal Article | April 2017

This article explores how English language learners’ writing evolved during a first-year seminar in science course aimed at developing students’ argumentation skills. We highlight how a science communications course was…

Formative Assessment of English Language Proficiency in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | September 2020

In a linguistically diverse fourth-grade classroom, students carry out an investigation to answer the lesson question: How are we able to see objects? Working collaboratively in groups, students are given a lidded box…

Comic Relief: Using Comics and Illustrated Trade Books to Support Science Learning in First-Year English Language Learners

Journal Article | January 2015

Use kid-friendly materials to strengthen understanding of concepts, practices, and how scientists do science.

Science for English Language Learners

Position Statement | June 2020

Shattering the Language Barrier

Journal Article | July 2023