This article suggests effective approaches to teaching English language learners in ways that can be of benefit to all students in mainstream middle and high school English classes. The five approaches described herein that mainstream ESL teachers can do to make assessments more accurate and reliable, as well as to address heterogeneity, are: (1)…

Provides a questionnaire with which English teachers can determine whether their instructional techniques are artistic, mechanical, or somewhere between these two extremes. (DD)