Video: “Which language takes the longest to learn?”
This is an interesting video from The Economist:
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My Latest Posts
I Asked Google’s “Deep Research” To Provide A Summary On Student Motivation – Here’s What It Gave Me
You may or may not have heard that Google has unveiled something called Deep Research, and...
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Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week
Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on...
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Infographic: “Is The Number Of Natural Disasters Increasing?”
Our World in Data has a new page with several infographics, along with text, on natural...
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My Instructional Videos Of The Month
I began posting videos on TikTok a few months ago, and also upload them to my YouTube...
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New Interactives About The World’s Population
Here are new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About Our World’s Population Of 7...
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Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
Eight years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around...
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Infographic: “Charted: The Speed at Which New Technologies Go Mainstream”
This is a pretty interesting infographic from Visual Capitalist.
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This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues
Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be...
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Ed Tech Digest
Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want...
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A Look Back: Can “Gamifying” Writing Instruction For ELLs Work?
(I’m republishing my best posts from the second half of 2024. You can see the entire list of them...
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SEL Weekly Update
I’ve begun this weekly post where I’ll be sharing resources I’m adding to The Best Social...
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My Books
Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of Social Studies.
Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of English.
Creative instructional techniques to help middle- and high-school teachers develop self-motivated and high-achieving students.
Includes real-life examples of parental involvement initiatives: home visits, the use of technology and more!
Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of Math.
Designed to help teachers implement the Common Core in the ELL Classroom. Sequel to ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide.
Provides research-based instructional techniques which have proven effective with English learners at all proficiency levels.
Insightful research and strategies for helping students want to care more about school and learning with high interest lesson plans.
Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of Science.
Tips for helping students to motivate themselves. Includes steps and lesson plans to help students motivate themselves.
Q&A-style responses to a variety of pressing classroom-management and student-engagement questions.
Provides over 50 original lessons for English Language Learners with a five-step process to increase student achievement.
My Other work
My blog to support and follow-up my Engaging parents in school book.
My Bam Radio show.
My posts for Classroom Q & A with Larry Ferlazzo at Education Week Teacher.
My Teaching English British Council posts.
50 teaching practices divided into four main sections: autonomy, competency, relatedness, and relevance.
My education posts on the Learning Network for the New York Times.