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Pearson’s ELLIS Speaks Students’ Language

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recent story on 12News, the NBC affiliate in Phoenix, Arizona, spotlighted a remarkable new interactive Pearson program called ELLIS, a comprehensive English language teaching and learning solution. A new state mandate in Arizona requires all public schools to increase English language learning from two hours to four hours beginning in Sept. 2008. The following video, edited from the original broadcast, demonstrates how ELLIS is translating into academic success for students at Guerrero Elementary School in Mesa, Arizona…