Nearly 3 in 4 American classrooms now includes at least one English-language learner, and these students make up roughly 1 in 10 public school students. While their numbers continue to rise quickly, ...

Boston College’s TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate program is designed to prepare future English language educators with the essential skills, knowledge, and ...

When the bell rings on Monday evenings, the adult students in my class gather their book bags and rush out—eager to end their long day and go home. I shout after them, “Have a good night” and “Get ...

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 ...

There are places where the cultural mix of a community makes you expect to hear a chorus of different languages. Along the southern border, Spanish makes sense. So might a smattering of Portuguese or ...

When I research home-based jobs, I often come across a lot of companies that are looking for people to teach English online (English Second Language tutors). If you want to work from home and are ...

Imagine the following scenario: As a new teacher, you meet with your school’s English-as-a-second-language teacher, who informs you that you have students on your class list who are English-language ...

As the number of enrolling elementary school students continues to increase over the coming decade, employment opportunities for teachers will also rise, according to the government. Now that ...

The classroom doesn't have desks or computers, bulletin boards or brightly colored posters. A stacked washer-dryer unit sits along one of the off-white walls. A lone blackboard is attached to the ...