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ELL Language Portraits

ELL Language Portraits feature brief introductions and language samples from English Language Learners (ELLs) across listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Designed for educators, these portraits support English language proficiency assessment and help inform effective language and content-area instruction. Use the filters to explore and analyze student profiles.

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Student Anonymity

All students featured in the Purdue ELLLPs are real students classified as ELLs. However, to help protect and maintain student anonymity, names have been changed, school and district names are not used, and some minor details about the students have been changed.

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