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ELLs are the fastest growing portion of the student population

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ELLs are a very diverse group of individuals

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Many ELLs have disabilities

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Learning a second language as a child is quick and easy

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An ELL student has mastered english once they are able to fluently speak it

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Each ELL student learns the same way

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ELL instruction only focuses on vocabulary

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Assisting ELL students only benefits those individuals

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1968: The Bilingual Education Act (Title VII) recognized the educational problems that ELLs faced and gave funding to promote their learning

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The Bilingual Education Act was replaced by the English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act (Title III of NCLB) in 2002. NCLB requires schools to report acceptable annual progress (AYP) for four student groupings, one of which is ELL students.

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A home language survey and an English language proficiency exam are used by school districts to identify ELL children. When a student is determined as not being fluent in English, he or she is placed in an ELL program.

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The majority of ELL students in Arizona speak Spanish and are centered in the elementary grades. Between 2008 and 2010, the number of ELL students fell by 38%.

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To teach ELL kids, school districts must utilize Structured English Immersion (SEI) methods created by the ELL Task Force. According to these models, kids must get 4 hours of English language development every day in an SEI classroom setting with other ELL students.

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When a student learns a new language but does not speak it.

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The student begins to speak in small phrases and words, but the emphasis remains on hearing and learning the new language.

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Speech gets more frequent and words and sentences become longer, yet the individual continues to rely largely on context hints and familiar themes.

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In social contexts, speech is fairly fluent with few mistakes.

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It is easy to communicate fluently in the second language.

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The student speaks clearly and fluently in all circumstances and can successfully navigate new contexts and academic content.