Discourse is all about communication. Putting discourse first is a form of scaffolding that can yield more thoughtful discussions about the language choices speakers and writers make and how language awareness can help students advance…

We can learn about our second language (L2) learner identities by understanding their imagined communities which they create to imagine their participation and language use. This paper will uncover the diversity of imagined communities, benefits…

Based on my son’s experience of spending a year in Japan, academic support, social connectedness, and community engagement and activities contribute to international students’ school and cultural adjustment process. Keywords: study abroad, cultural adjustment, school…

Second language (L2) students often face linguistic barriers and cultural differences that make reading and writing from academic sources challenging. These students would benefit from instruction across the curriculum in using peer-reviewed sources. The aim…

Many English language learners (ELLs) and instructors have found that non-native speakers are apt to be understood if their pronunciation is comprehensible even if other aspects of their language use contain errors—highlighting the need to…

The following teaching artifact aims to guide second language writing teachers to help their college-level multilingual writers understand the compare and contrast genre via a narrative essay. The teaching artifact provides step-by-step scaffoldings and opportunities…

To reduce “othering” and the monetary burden caused by remedial courses at home universities and colleges, and being equally financially responsible for tuition fees as mainstream students, resident second-language (L2) students need to be provided…

For university-level English learners (ELs) struggling with mastery of content vocabulary, teacher-led spaced retrieval may improve student memorization and understanding of critical vocabulary. Keywords: content vocabulary, college ELs, spaced retrieval The number of English learners…

The resources in the WIDA Standards Framework can be used by content area teachers to attend to the discipline-specific ways language works in their content area. Keywords: WIDA standards, systemic functional linguistics, multilingual learners, content…

This book review summarizes Michael Abraham’s (2020) book, “Engaging Muslim Students in Public Schools: What Educators Need to Understand,” and discusses why teachers will find it useful. Keywords: Muslim students, American schools, teacher education Teachers…