I’ve started a somewhat 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:

David Deubelbeiss has put together a great virtual online book of songs and videos for ELLs. I’m adding it to The Best Music Websites For Learning English.

Overview of the Common Core State Standards Initiatives for ELLs is from TESOL. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Common Core Standards & English Language Learners.

English-Learners and the New Science Standards is from Learning The Language and is a related post that I’m adding to the same list.

David Deubelbeiss has come up some very useful student sheets to use with ELLs when showing videos. I’m adding it to The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL (& How To Use Them).

I’ve started a somewhat  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:

ELL Assessment is a collection of resources from Colorin Colorado.

Stemming the Tide of English-Learner Dropouts is a post from Education Week that really deserves a lot more commentary, but I just don’t have the time right now. It’s definitely worth a read.

Common Core Math for English Language Learners is from Colorin Colorado. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Common Core Standards & English Language Learners.

Teaching English Methodologies is an excellent resource page from David Deubelbeiss.

Academic Vocabulary and Haiku Deck is from ELL Teaching 2.0. I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Developing Academic English Skills & Vocabulary.

Alex Case has published a helpful list of Places to publish TEFL articles with links.

Self-Assessment and the Process of ESL Writing is from TESOL Connections.

I’ve have a somewhat  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:

TESOL Discussion: What is the role of the ESL teacher in the Common Core? is from Colorin Colorado. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Common Core Standards & English Language Learners.

50 ways to use video in the classroom is by David Deubelbeiss. I’m adding it to The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL (& How To Use Them).

I’ve been pretty impressed with the downloadable lesson I’ve been seeing at elt-resourceful lately.

Applying to write for ELT publishers links is a useful post by Alex Case. I’m adding it to So, You Want To Write A Book? Here’s The Best Advice…

I’ve have a somewhat  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:

10 Reasons why Songs with Subtitles make Sense comes from The British Council. I’m adding it to The Best Music Websites For Learning English.

5 False Prophets In Language Teaching is by André Klein.

Articles on TEFL games is by Alex Case. I’m adding it to
A Collection Of “The Best…” Lists On Learning Games.

Responding to students’ writing is a very good post from elt-resourceful.

Teaching Informational Text to ELLs is from Colorin Colorado. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Common Core Standards & English Language Learners.

I’m adding Background Knowledge: A Key to Close Reading with ELLs to the same list.

ELTchat has a new website where transcripts and summaries of all chats are archived. The old site was eltchat.com and the new one is eltchat.org. Links to the old site no longer work.

I’ve have a somewhat  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:

Easy English looks like a useful current events site designed for English Language Learners. I’m adding it to The Best News/Current Events Websites For English Language Learners.

Here animal sounds in different languages at this site. Here is how it describes itself:

All around the world, animal sounds are being heard in the language of the animal’s region or country. A dog’s bark or a cat’s meow in Canada may be understood as a completely different sound or word in Turkey or China. The differences in onomatopoeia, as animal sounds in different languages are formally known as, can be striking and to prove it we got together with a group of native speakers and recorded their “animal sounds”. We had a great time doing it and hope you enjoy it too!

I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures.

55555, or, How to Laugh Online in Other Languages is from The Atlantic, and I’m adding it to the same list.

Strategies in vocabulary learning is from Language Moments. I’m adding it as a “bonus” to The Best Sites Where ELL’s Can Learn Vocabulary.

10 Principles for Effective Vocabulary Instruction is a really nice infographic from Eye On Education that I’m adding to the same list.

What’s the “trick” for motivating more L2 in our #ELT classrooms? is by Brad Patterson.

I’ve recently started a regular feature where I share a few posts from around the Web related to ESL or EFL that have caught my attention:

The ELL Toolbox published Lesson Planning for English Language Learners, which are some useful “cheat sheets” for ELL lesson planning.

Top Ten Resources on the CCSS for ELLs comes from Colorin Colorado. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Common Core Standards & English Language Learners.

Key Principles for ELL Instruction comes from Stanford. I’m adding it to the same list.

Check out Things students say that break my heart Part 3 (and the previous posts, too) by Chia Suan Chong.

The 100 publications that most changed TEFL is by Alex Case.

I’ve recently started a regular feature where I share a few posts from around the Web related to ESL or EFL that have caught my attention:

David Deubelbeiss has created an extraordinary Slideshare describing all the amazing resources at EFL Classroom 2.0….and, as important, how to find them. Here it is:

Equal Access to Content Instruction for English Learners: An Example From Science is a free PDF booklet from West Ed that teachers might find useful.

You can find an interesting take on ESL/EFL research at Research, truths, difference, and butterfly wings, a post at the Authentic Teaching blog.

Karenne Joy Sylvester has written a good post and created a neat infographic at Mobile Assisted Language Learning – English TeachingApps.

I’ve recently started a regular feature where I share a few posts from around the Web related to ESL or EFL that have caught my attention:

TEFL Geek recently posted about a new resource for teachers called English Agenda. It seems to have some useful resources, including research. I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Keep-Up With Current ELL/ESL/EFL News & Research.

Dave Dodgson comes up with a creative way to use pictures in the classroom. I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Use Photos In Lessons.

Jeffrey Hill has begun a new blog called iPad English that is focusing on….using the iPad for English teaching and learning. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Beginning iPad Users.

The power of the poster is a very interesting, and useful, post about….using posters in class. It includes some excellent videos and comes from One Year In The Life Of An English Teacher.

I’ve recently started a regular feature where I share a few posts from around the Web related to ESL or EFL that have caught my attention:

“What are errors and how should we deal with them in our classes?” is a collection of responses from ESL/EFL teachers around the world. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On ESL/EFL/ELL Error Correction.

Videotaping Helps ESL Students Recognize Their Good Mistakes – and Learn from Them! is from Eric Roth. I’m adding it to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures.

Why and How to Encourage Students’ Critical Thinking Skills – an #Eltchat Summary is from a March, 2012 conversation. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Teaching & Learning Critical Thinking In The Classroom.

L is for Linguistic landscape is an intriguing post by Scott Thornbury.

One Stop English has created a smartphone app. There are tons of apps out there for helping people learn English, but I don’t know of any besides this one that is focused on English teachers. Are there others out there that, because of my limited universe, I’m missing?

I’ve recently started a regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL or EFL that have caught my attention:

A is for Automaticity is from Scott Thornbury.

Extrinsic “VS” or “AND” Intrinsic Motivation? is thoughtful post by Karenne Joy Sylvester.

Enjoy TEFL Geek’s “The Star Wars Guide to ELT.”

How and why you learned a foreign language is another one of Brad Patterson’s great Blog Challenges.

There are some good ideas in this Lesson-A-Day interactive from David Deubelbeiss and EFL Classroom 2.0

Check out the March newsletter of EFL Classroom 2.0.

I’ve recently started a regular feature where I share a few posts from around the Web related to ESL or EFL that have caught my attention:

Reuters Video: Aesop’s fable brought to life by clever crows is a video and transcript over at The English Blog about pretty cool experiment done in the United Kingdom and in New Zealand.

Scott Thornbury suggests that readily available Internet tools could be better for English Language Leaners than eCoursebooks — “In short, anything (e)textbooks can do, the internet can do better.”

Brad Patterson offers a Blog challenge: a quote that defines your teaching style. Check out the scores of suggestions.

Chris Speck offers a lesson on vampires, including hand-outs.

How Americans Have Reshaped Language is from The New York Times.

I regularly share a few posts from around the Web related to ESL or EFL that have caught my attention:

TEFL Geek writes about an interesting idea in Using Haiku for Summary Tasks. In some ways, it’s similar to using “found poems” for the same reason.

TEFL Geek also shared that The Economist is looking for suggestions on what it can do to make its material more accessible for use in ESL/EFL classes. There are lots of good comments there — it would be nice if more mainstream news sources took a look at them, too.

Scott Thornbury talks about the importance of developing teacher/student rapport.

Ken Wilson writes about EFL/ESL teachers who have gone on to be novelists, and Jeremy Harmer makes a connection to how we do our own “pitches” to students.

efl-resource.com shares what can be learned from Darth Vader and Yoda about classroom management.

In case you haven’t seen it already, check out this month’s issue of the EFL Classroom 2.0 Newsletter.

I’ve recently started a regular feature where I share a few posts from around the Web related to ESL or EFL that have caught my attention:

On Teaching Effective Learning is from Teacher 2 Teacher, and shares some good ideas for student reflection.

Smile is a nice lesson plan, including materials, and is from Film English.

How to make things fall apart – A behaviour model for creating incompetence is an excellent post by Maria Constantinides.

Beating the Humdrum is from Language Moments, and has some excellent ideas on how to “liven-up” a less than interesting textbook. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Adapting Your Textbook So It Doesn’t Bore Students To Death.

This is the first post in a weekly or bi-weekly series I’ll be publishing regularly. It will share a few posts from around the Web related to ESL or EFL that have caught my attention:

stuck in a lift is a hilarious video that was posted by ELTbites, along with suggestions on how to use it with students. There is one line said by a character that probably makes it unusable in a K-12 classroom, but it’s well worth watching.

Food for Thought… and for Better Classroom Management is by Dave Dodgson. He offers some excellent classroom management advice that’s applicable in any school situation.

Teacher: Talk in pairs. Student: Why? comes from Box of Chocolates. The thirty-four comments off excellent reasons to give students for why there is value in having them speak with each other — even if neither is fluent in English.

Teacher James provides some excellent Silent Movies, along with suggestions on how to use them in class for language development.