Strategies for Connecting Content and Language for ELLs in Language Arts

This practical guide provides research-based instructional strategies to develop English language learners' academic language in language arts. Using these strategies, teachers can encourage students to make academic language connections through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Digital resources are included with students reproducibles.Develop English language learners' academic language in language arts through the strategies presented in this resource. Encourage students to make academic language connections through listening, speaking, reading, and writing.Eugenia Mora-Flores, Ed.D., is a Professor of Clinical Education with Distinction at the University of Southern California, specializing in first- and second-language acquisition and literacy development. She serves as the coordinator of the bilingual and cross-cultural program and works as a consultant in the areas of English Language Development (ELD), Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE), and writing instruction for English language learners.