This document provides information for an education week focusing on English Language Learners (ELL). It lists various professional learning resources available, including videos, monographs, and print materials on topics like supporting ELL students in mainstream classrooms. It also defines key terms related to ELL education, explaining that ELL refers to students whose first language is not English, ESL is the program for literate ELL students, and ELD is the program for non-literate ELL students or those with educational gaps.

1. EDUC 8P20
Week 14: 2015
English Language Learners

2. Professional Learning Conversations
• Monograph: ELL Voices in the Classroom

3. Supporting English Language Learners in
Mainstream Elementary Classrooms

4. Sakai: Resources/ELL Support
Materials
• Videos:
– Supporting English Language Learners (video and
print resources)
– Teaching and Learning in Multilingual Ontario
– Elizabeth Coelho: 6 videos

5. ELL Print Materials
• Monographs:
– Canadian-born-English Language Learners
– English Literacy Development
– ELL Voices in the Classroom
• Support Document:
– Many Roots Many Voices

6. What do ELL, ESL and ELD mean?
 English Language Learners (ELL) are the students whose first
language is a language other than English, or is a variety of English
that is significantly different from the variety used for instruction in
Ontario schools. These students may be Canadian-born or
newcomers from other countries.
 English as a Second Language (ESL) refers to the program received
by ELL students who are literate in their first language.
 English Literacy Development (ELD) refers to the program
received by ELL students who are (a) not literate in their first
language, (b) have educational gaps, or (c) speak non-standard
Ontario English.

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