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.
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Here are this week’s choices:
Adapting Math Word Problems for ELLs is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Teaching Common Core Math To English Language Learners.
ELLs could watch this video and write/talk about what they saw:
“Stop embarrassing me” 😂 pic.twitter.com/6KzyBUy7UX
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 23, 2024
Ensuring That ELLs Feel Comfortable Learning a New Language is from Edutopia.
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— Californians Together (@CalTog) April 25, 2024
Title III Funding for English Learners, Explained is from Education Week.
This @RELSouthwest infographic outlines approaches that support effective writing instruction through the Write to Succeed professional learning program in New Mexico, which aims to improve English proficiency among #EnglishLearner students. Learn more: https://t.co/8ehNg8ZEXp pic.twitter.com/q1UtKOLS28
— REL Southwest (@RELSouthwest) April 26, 2024
🔗 To infographic pdf:https://t.co/0Ga6Pq2NCk
— TESOLgraphics (@tesolgraphics) April 26, 2024
The Animal Kingdom: A Multi-Skill Lesson Plan for C1 Students is a good lesson plan from Blog de Cristina. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Animals.
This comes from Edutopia’s great “Research” newsletter. Unfortunately, there’s no way to just link to it. I’m adding it to The Best Posts About Value Of Oral Reading In Partners For ELLs & Others:
Read Aloud to Boost Retention of Challenging Texts
Asking students to read material aloud can improve recall by 12 percentage points.
There’s nothing mysterious about how Sir Anthony Hopkins learns his lines—he reads them aloud, repeatedly, sometimes up to 200 times.
It’s a simple strategy that many actors swear by: To remember something, say something. It’s also a “versatile but flexible learning strategy” that can be broadly applied in the classroom to boost student memory, researchers explain in a 2018 study.
In the study, college students were shown a list of words and asked to read them silently, in accompaniment with recordings of the spoken words, or aloud to themselves. “There was a gradient of memory” across the conditions, the researchers found: Those who read the words aloud remembered 77 percent of the words they had encountered, a small but meaningful improvement over the 65 percent of words that the silent readers recalled.
That may seem insignificant, but reading is a high-volume activity, and even marginal gains can quickly add up. When dealing with complex or challenging texts, consider asking students to read aloud.
For example, literacy expert Timothy Shanahan recommends pairing students to “read sections of the text aloud to each other” and ask clarifying questions. Choral reading, meanwhile—teachers and students reading a text in unison—can improve reading fluency and vocabulary while increasing students’ confidence. As you end the lesson, close the loop by asking students to briefly recite, summarize, and discuss key ideas from a passage, a sequence of activities that can supercharge retention and encourage students to listen attentively.
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) October 9, 2024
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, video Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
