A significant demand for well-trained English as a second language (ESL) teachers exists throughout the United States. In areas such as education, business, hospitality and many more, the ...

I've been an English-as-a-second-language teacher in Peru for over a decade. Teaching kids the basics of their native language will help them learn other languages later. Learning a new language also ...

This week’s question is: How do you help English Language Learners when your school has no ESL curriculum? The number of English Language Learner students in our schools is rising fast, often in ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Arizona has not violated federal laws that require schools to help students who do not speak, read or write English. Despite the federal mandates, ...

If it’s true that ‘‘jobs fill your pockets, adventures fill your soul,’’ how about a job that allows you to fill your pockets ...

In a small room in Philadelphia's school administration building, Rosario Maribel Mendoza Lemus, 16, sits in a corner, rubbing sweaty palms on her jeans. In front of her is a binder with a test she ...

Controversies over how best to teach children to read go back many years. Most recently, two questions have emerged that leave teachers of English learners puzzled: First, does research on reading, ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are some of the most common mistakes teachers make when working with ELLs, and what should they do, instead? Many of us who teach English-language learners make ...