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Friday, January 17, 2025
Understanding ELL, ESL, and ESOL
Learning English can open up many opportunities for you. Whether you need English for school, work, or everyday life, knowing the different types of English language programs can help you choose the right one. You might have heard of ELL, ESL, and ESOL. These terms are often used, but they mean different things. This guide will explain what each term means and how they can help you learn English.
What is ELL?
ELL (English Language Learner) describes people who are learning English. It is not a type of program but a way to talk about the learners themselves. In the United States, ELL is commonly used in schools to describe students who need extra help to learn English.
Key Features of ELL Support
- Individualized Learning Plans: Programs are designed to meet each student’s needs.
- Integration into Mainstream Classes: ELL students often get support while attending regular classes.
- Bilingual Education: Some programs use the student’s first language to help teach English.
- Assessment and Progress Monitoring: Regular tests to check your progress and adjust the lessons as needed.
What is ESL?
ESL (English as a Second Language) refers to programs and classes that teach English to people whose first language is not English. These programs help you improve your English skills, including reading, writing, speaking, and listening. ESL programs are common in countries where English is the main language. They support immigrants, refugees, and international students.
Key Features of ESL Programs
- Language Immersion: Classes use mostly English to help you learn quickly.
- Targeted Skills: Focus on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and cultural understanding.
- Levels of Instruction: Classes are usually divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.
- Certification: Many programs give certificates when you finish, which can help with jobs or further education.
What is ESOL?
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) is a broader term that includes all programs that teach English to non-native speakers. ESOL covers ESL programs but also includes classes in places where English is not the main language.
Key Features of ESOL Programs
- Diverse Settings: You can find ESOL programs in community centers, adult education classes, and international schools.
- Flexibility: Programs are designed to meet the needs of different learners, such as workplace training or academic preparation.
- Cultural Sensitivity: Often includes lessons about culture to help you adapt to new environments.
- Variety of Learners: Serves immigrants, refugees, business professionals, and international students.
How the FDA allows companies to add secret ingredients to our food
Natalie Mihalek, a former prosecutor and current state legislator in Pennsylvania, said she doesn’t understand why the FDA treats food additives like criminal defendants — “innocent until proven guilty, safe until proven otherwise.”
“Right now we’re relying on the companies that are going to profit off selling these substances to do the research for us,” said Mihalek, a Republican who has introduced a bill to ban six food dyes in her state. “It just blows my mind.”
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Probiotics are expensive: 3 ways to help your gut without them
The Daily Meal
Probiotic supplements come in all shapes and sizes - from the drugstore brand to high-end capsules, there are more probiotics on the market than we could even begin to count. And that’s not even considering the yogurts, kombuchas, and even cereals often imbued with them.
If you opt for the generic variety, you might be missing out on quality and efficacy. If you opt for the carefully engineered supplements, it’ll cost you a hefty chunk of your paycheck.
Though your gut may not have the magical, life-transforming powers some advocates might lead you to believe, it does have some influence over your mental and physical health. Nicknamed the “second brain,” your gut affects your mood, your immunity, your hangovers, and even your likelihood of disease. But you don’t need an expensive pill to take care of it.
Instead of spending too many dollars on a pill you’ll just forget to choke down before breakfast, try making one of these three simple but effective changes.
Destress
Feeling stressed out can mess with your appetite.
Some people feel nauseous, others get ravenous, and some people forget
they need to eat at all. People react to stress in different ways, but
everyone has one thing in common - if you’re feeling stressed, so is your stomach.
Cortisol, the body’s stress hormone, can cause an inflammatory response in your gut. The good bacteria that live there have a hard time surviving through the inflammation; digesting food becomes less efficient and less regular.
To help your body get the nutrients it needs from your food - and to maintain a regular appetite - focus on reducing the amount of damaging stress in your day. Getting rid of stress has countless other health benefits, too; you’re doing your whole body a favor by taking time to chill.
Drink More Water
Many experts recommend you sip on a glass of water with every meal - and no, it’s not because it’ll make you feel full faster.
Water is a pivotal part of the digestive process. It helps break down
food to make nutrients more accessible, and it helps the body get rid of
waste.
Water’s also a key precaution for anyone who drinks alcohol. While alcohol can make your gut an uninhabitable home for good gut bacteria, water can help mitigate the damage. You might think of a binge drinking session as like a hurricane hitting your digestion. After it wreaks its havoc, water is like your body’s repair and supplies crew - the sooner you deliver, the better.
The only exception is red wine. Something about wine’s polyphenols is attractive to your healthy gut bacteria. They only need a small amount, though, so be sure not to overdo it.
Eat More Fiber
Dietary
fiber is the good bacteria’s meal of choice. Feed them right and
they’ll help move things along at a nice, steady pace. Starve those
bacteria and your digestion might stall - unless you’re dying to spend
more time in the john, you don’t want that.
Overall, your digestive system is pretty good at doing its job - it’s had some practice. But it does need certain nutrients to keep things moving properly. Eating fermented foods and a variety of nutritious meals helps things more than a tiny expensive pill ever will. Here are a few things you need to know about kimchi, kombucha, and other probiotic foods.
Jane Godley: 'Ye've been TELT. Everybuddy's gonnae die if yeez aw keep gaun aboot an meetin each other an gaun hame wi a virus oan ye. So Ah've telt ye wance an Ah'm no gonnae tell ye again. This is the official line. If Ah see any o you oot there, Ah'm gonnae take a run an pit ma toe up the crack o yer a*se. SO QUIT IT! Stey in the hoose, wash yer hands an keep yer family safe.'
Keep Going
The writers who are prepared to keep going are the ones who are going to make it. I can guarantee that a writer with 80 percent of the talent and 100 percent of the desire will be so much better than the person with 100 percent of the talent and only 80 percent of the desire. It always works that way.
COLUM McCANN
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