Lesson learned.  I am an online instruction under a college teaching ELL.  Its difficulty especially when you have language barriers.  Nevertheless, to engage the students, I've learned to commit to showing the students respect, and incorporate their learning styles.  I've learned to use breakout rooms to engage students with a partner on any given assignment.  In the future I will utilize more discussions with assignments.  Therefore we can discuss and engage in real time.  In addition have students post their answers in course related forum and general questions in general areas platform. (Think, Pair, Share)