Title: Equity for English-Language Learners | Edutopia
Headings: Equity for English-Language Learners
Education Equity
Equity for English-Language Learners
By Rusul Alrubail
July 7, 2016
Ensuring Fair Assessment
Providing Students With Quality Instruction and Resources
Equitable Accommodations
Allow students to use a dictionary and/or thesaurus.
Give students extra time.
Provide an alternate method of teaching and learning.
Allow translations.

Content: Resources become a huge aspect in teaching ELLs. Teachers can leverage available resources to help fill in gaps in language. Visit Edutopia's English-Language Learners topic page for more articles about and strategies for leveraging open resources and useful technology in your classroom. Equitable Accommodations
Some of these accommodations may seem simple, but they can actually make a difference in your students' journey to learning English: Allow students to use a dictionary and/or thesaurus. This can help them a great deal in understanding instructions and content to help them answer questions on a test, quiz, or any other form of assessment. Give students extra time. ELLs often need extra time to decipher and understand the meaning of an assessment's content. They also need extra time to formulate their thoughts and ideas into sentences and paragraphs. Provide an alternate method of teaching and learning.