 However, many teachers have negative perceptions of ELL students in their classrooms.These negative perceptions are informed by a bias that ELL students are not adequately trying or that they are personally at fault for their language barrier.Research shows that teachers negative attitudes may stem from lack of time to address unique ELL student classroom needs,, added teacher workload when working with ELL students in mainstream classrooms, and personal feelings of professional insufficiency to work with ELL students.