{"id":7216,"date":"2022-05-12T13:35:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T13:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/glossary\/?p=7216"},"modified":"2022-11-07T11:36:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T11:36:35","slug":"ell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/glossary\/e\/ell\/","title":{"rendered":"ELL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An English Language Learner, often referred to by its more popular abbreviated form ELL, is a term used in English-speaking countries like Canada and the US to describe a person who is learning the English language but whose mother tongue is not English. Some educational advocates, especially in the US, classify such students as emergent bilinguals or non-native English speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Understand and digitize school operations with Teachmint and its features like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/features\/user-management\">user management<\/a> for efficient school management.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some other terms that are also used to refer to students not that proficient in English are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>English as a Second Language (ESL)<\/li><li>English as an Additional Language (EAL)<\/li><li>Limited English proficiency (LEP)<\/li><li>Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD),&nbsp;<\/li><li>Non-native English speaker<\/li><li>Bilingual students<\/li><li>Heritage language<\/li><li>Emergent bilingual<\/li><li>Language-minority students<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The legal term that is used in federal legislation is &#8216;Limited English <a href=\"http:https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/glossary\/p\/proficiency\/\">Proficient meaning<\/a> . The instruction and assessment of students, the attitudes of classroom teachers towards ELLs, and their cultural background have all been found to be factors in the overall achievement of these students. Several methods have been suggested for effectively teaching ELLs, including integrating their cultures into the classroom, which involves them in language-appropriate content area instruction early on, and literature being integrated into their learning programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a means of maintaining an environment beneficial to both the teacher as well as the student, literature, culture and other disciplines should be systematically integrated into the instruction. Postponing content-area instruction until they gain academic language skills helps bridge the linguistic <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.teachmint.com\/how-to-bridge-the-gaps-in-student-learning\/\">achievement gap<\/a> between the native-English speaking speakers and the ELL.<br>Teachmint\u2019s large repository of teaching resources covers almost any topic of any subject and all of it is available completely for free &#8211; click <a href=\"https:\/\/search.teachmint.com\/\">here<\/a> to learn more about the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Experience Teachmint\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\">LMS platform<\/a> for seamless school management.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An English Language Learner, often referred to by its more popular abbreviated form ELL, is a term used in English-speaking countries like Canada and the US to describe a person who is learning the English language but whose mother tongue is not English. 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