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: Whenever possible, provide information, instructions, and content through an alternative method, such as visual or audio. This allows ELLs to connect with the content not just through words but also through other senses. Encourage the use of other methods as well if they're creating the content. For example, multimedia can help them tell a story or write a response. Allow translations. It's totally fine if students need to write in their first language and then translate into English. By permitting students to do this, you not only ensure them an equitable opportunity at learning, but you also help them catch up to their peers in learning the content and material without leaving them behind. Teaching ELLs requires a lot of accommodation, understanding, and empathizing on the teacher’s part. The students will benefit from an equitable learning environment among their peers, and that can help them to excel not only in learning the language faster, but also in learning the material. Remember, by providing an equitable learning opportunity for ELLs, you are helping to create a safe classroom culture that respects and honors all students and their autonomy.