Fourth grade teacher Thelma Gonzalez works with her class at Moffett Elementary School in Los Angeles. Fluent in both English and Spanish, Gonzalez sees communication with parents as a key component of her students’ success in mastering English.
A student works on a writing assignment at the Mather School in Boston. Thirty percent of the students who attend Mather are of Vietnamese descent, and many are still learning English.
Teacher Kate Cubbage explains Thanksgiving in a reading lesson with students still learning English at the Mather School in Boston. Cubbage took part in a training program aimed at giving Massachusetts teachers innovative tools to work with English-learners.
Emilio Mujico, 17, works with a fellow student during an English-as-a-second-language class at Norcross High School in Norcross, Ga. He came to the United States from Mexico in 2008 to learn English and, in his words, “mejorar la vida”—to improve his life.
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