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Larry Ferlazzo’s Tips for Remote Teaching with ELL Students

By Larry Ferlazzo — April 22, 2020 7:01

Larry Ferlazzo, a teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif., offers advice to teachers working with English-language learners. He highlights the unique challenges and opportunities that remote teaching presents, including the ability to interact with parents who are still learning the language themselves.

Larry Ferlazzo is an English and social studies teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif.
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