Eight years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention.
You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2021.
Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners.
In addition, look for our book on teaching ELLs, which was published in the Spring of 2018 and learn about our new book.
Here are this week’s choices:
You can show this video to ELL students (probably only to older ones because of the ending) and have them write/talk about what they saw:
Should 4-year-olds have to take an English proficiency test? is from Ed Source.
English learner students with special needs in Stanislaus face challenges amid teacher shortages is from The Modesto Bee.
NEW: @PBS profiled @efraintovarjr as he takes us inside his classroom to illustrate how to create welcoming environments for #newcomers.
▶️ Watch: https://t.co/ufGNbyI49r
— Californians Together (@CalTog) March 28, 2024
LISTEN: The 1st episode of P.S. Weekly is out! 📻
Please check it out. Hear how migrant students are navigating a new reality.
(The student journalists working with @ChalkbeatNY + @BellVoices are 🌟) https://t.co/L8yk5LQOyV
— Chalkbeat New York (@ChalkbeatNY) March 27, 2024
I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Collaborative Storytelling:
🔗 To infographic pdf:https://t.co/l3ge4ufUjb
— TESOLgraphics (@tesolgraphics) March 29, 2024
Make the Constitution accessible to all of your students with The Constitution EXPLAINED video series—now available in Spanish and English. Each short video teaches the context and relevance of the Constitution.
— iCivics (@icivics) March 21, 2024
A new piece in @TheAthletic highlights #multilingual @NHL players and their experience communicating in multiple languages during games. 🏒 https://t.co/ffVcPuU3Ix
— Californians Together (@CalTog) March 28, 2024
ELLs could watch this video and then write/talk about what they saw:
Note what this chart says about ELL teachers:
This is a really good paper and I couldn’t agree more with Alvin’s take: good descriptive work, like the figure below I’ve used from this paper for a year now, is so valuable! https://t.co/tCtmAcxH7w pic.twitter.com/QMUzfCI6UR
— Roddy Theobald (@RoddyTheobald) April 2, 2024
Here’s another video ELL students can watch and then write/talk about what they saw:
Better Planning for Newcomer Students is from ASCD.
Eight years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2021. Also, check out ESL Web, social studies, video Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
