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Dec 15, 2016 9 min

Using the First Language of English Language Learners

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What is the role of an ELL student's home language in the classroom? Join us as we discuss. Follow: @larryferlazzo @traceyhabla @wendi322 @melsa777 @Bamradionetwork Melissa Eddington is in her 17th year of teaching, 15 have been as an ELL teacher. She teaches in a suburban district outside of Columbus, Ohio. Wendi Pillars, NBCT, has been teaching students with English as a second/foreign language needs in grades K-12, both stateside and overseas, for 21 years and author of Visual Notetaking for Educators: A Teacher’s Guide to Student Creativity. Tracey Flores is a PhD candidate in English Education at Arizona State University. She is a former English Language Development and Language Arts teacher who worked in elementary classrooms for eight years.

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