Language Learners who Young children

throughout school in participating in early A student who is eligible

acquiring English, childhood education for both special
become bilingual and programs who speak a education and English as
have the ability to language other than a second language or
function in both their english at home and are bilingual educational
home language and in the process of service
English developing English
Emergent Bilinguals Dual Language Learners ELLs w/ Disabilities

Older ELLs who are

Students who are recent arrivals to a
exposed to languages in
addition to English in
Types of ELLs country and have not
been afforded continuous
their home background
By Addison, Elizabeth, Tiandra opportunities for
schooling

Linguistically/Culturally Diverse SLIEF

It includes Native Linguistically and

Students generally born
American, Alaskan culturally diverse
and raised in the US who
Native, and Native students in middle and
have varying degrees of
Hawaiian students, some high schools who have
language proficiency in
of whom live in tribal not met linguistic parity
or a cultural connection
communities and some with their
to languages other than
who are interspersed in English/proficient peers.
english
the general population 7+ years.
Heritage ELLs American Indian ELLs Long Term ELLs