Holly Hansen-Thomas

Holly Hansen-Thomas is associate professor of bilingual education and English as a second language at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. Her research centers on the education of secondary-level English language learners (ELLs) in content areas, with a focus on math. She currently works with inservice teachers of math and science in rural areas to improve their expertise and knowledge base in working with their ELLs.

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Articles by Holly Hansen-Thomas

• Key considerations for mainstream teachers of newcomer ELLs

  Wednesday, November 05, 2014

  ​Content-area specialist teachers new to English language learners (ELLs) might experience something of a shock the first time a student who speaks not a word of English is placed in the class.

• Is math a universal language or a foreign language for ELLs?

  Wednesday, October 08, 2014

  What do you think? When asked this question, most educators will fall on one side of the coin or another. There is evidence to support the fact that mathematics is indeed universal. But at the same time, there are irrefutable challenges that English language learners (ELLs) encounter when learning math through English — for them a foreign or second language.