How to support English Second Language learners provides a background to the language-in-education scenario in South African as well as related theoretical issues on learning in a second language. It pays special attention to practical support strategies for ESL learners in the Foundation and Intermediate Phase who experience barriers to learning with regard to speaking, reading, writing and listening.

Contents include the following:

• Phonological processing
• Translanguaging
• Codeswitching
• Challenges of acquiring literacy in a second language
• Administering a fluency measure
• Analysing and interpreting Grade 4 ESL learners’ performance on a spelling assessment and suggested support interventions