Currently the LITL program at UES targets the language and literacy needs of English learners whose primary language is Spanish, since this is the dominant language of our present English learners.
All classrooms have a mix of children from English and Spanish speaking families.
All students must have access to curricular content and critical thinking skills from the very beginning of their formal education. Students can and should develop literacy skills in a second language while continuing to develop their primary language. Second-language learning is valuable to individuals and to society. The presence of native speakers in a classroom is an opportunity to encourage and develop second language skills in all students.