This study explored the extent to which the ethnic identity of a writer and the background (gender and area of teaching) of a rater can influence mainstream teacher candidates' evaluation of English ...

Children whose native language is not English are present in ever increasing numbers in elementary schools in the United States. Educators, therefore, must provide opportunities for these learners to ...

This paper reports the findings of an in-depth study of 12 sixth grade ESL students' writing by comparing their written production on three teacher-assigned tasks with their writing to the teacher in ...

ESL courses are courses in English as a Second Language. The core credit-level ESL courses offered at Concordia are designed to help students whose first language is not English develop their written ...

Ginger Software, the makers of contextual grammar and spell-checking tools, announced today that it has raised $6.3 million in series D financing, led by Israeli investment firm, Vaizra Ventures.

Learning English as a second language can often be an adventure in malapropisms and misunderstandings, partially because our grammar rules make no sense. One enterprising ESL teacher, Henry Davis, has ...

An Edmonton ESL teacher and a refugee student from Syria are celebrating after a project that started as classroom exercise was nominated for a major literary prize. Homes: A Refugee Story — by Abu ...