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Six 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.

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In addition, look for our new book on teaching ELLs, which was published in the Spring of 2018 and learn about our next book.

Here are this week’s choices:

Scaffolding Writing for Language Learners is by Tan Huynh.

California bilingual programs ready to grow after slowing during pandemic is from Ed Source.

Timesaver: Conversation starters is from ELT Planning. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Developing English Conversational Skills.

Healthy Roads Media has quite a few multilingual resources related to health.  I’m adding it to The Best health sites for English language learners.

It looks like those of us in communities with large refugee populations might be getting more students as a result of tragic situation:

U.S. officials testifying before Congress or answering reporters’ questions have emphasized efforts to expand and speed efforts to provide visas to the roughly 17,000 to 18,000 Afghans who have applied under a program for former employees of the U.S. military or the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.

I’m adding this video to The Best Resources For Using “If This Animal Or Image Could Talk” Lesson Idea In Class:

Have ELLs write and talk about what they see happening in this video: