What does ELA stand for?

and to the extent possible, the native-language skills" of LEP students) in favor of a new English Language Acquisition Act as part of NCLB, in which all references to "bilingual education" and "bilingualism" as goals were stricken.

Currently, she is working in the Department's Office of English Language Acquisition.

Rather than simply pulling out English language learners to supposedly fix the problem in isolation, the ESL teacher works with the mainstream content teacher, sharing important background information, modeling or coaching effective sheltered instruction strategies, team teaching and using evidence of ELLs' content learning and English language acquisition to inform instruction.

Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition will host the Sixth Annual Celebrate Our Rising Stars Summit, Oct.

The funding is provided as part of the English Language Acquisition Program.

public schools more than doubled, from 2,030,451 students to 5,013,539 (National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs [NCELA], 2005).

95 Paperback LC3731 Reviewing classroom recommendations from Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock's seminal Classroom Instruction That Works (2001) through an English language learning lens, Hill and Flynn, second-language education consultants, offer a guide to helping elementary students at all levels of English language acquisition.

THE SEI "MIRACLE": ONE YEAR IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR ENGLISH PROFICIENCY Despite the inappropriate wording of Question 2, stating that ELLs shall receive sheltered instruction for a temporary period "not normally intended to exceed one year", Title VI of the Federal Civil Rights Act does not permit time limitations placed on ELLs' English language acquisition (Massachusetts Department of Education, 2003, p.