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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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Here are this week’s choices:

Did emergent bilingual students lose a year of language while at home? is from District Administration. I’m adding it to The Best Posts On Looking At Our Students Through The Lens Of Assets & Not Deficits.

Why you should always turn on the subtitles is by Graham Noble.

How OUSD’s Yemeni community won more resources for Arabic-speaking and Muslim students and families is from Oakland Side.

Globe reporters describe how they covered immigrant English learners is from The Grade.

Dr. Angela Johnson answers our questions on English language learners is from Teach Learn Grow.

Three new kinds of TEFL board game is from Alex Case. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Download Free ESL Board Game Templates.

Word Tiles is a Scrabble-like online game that could be appropriate for advanced ELLs.  I’m adding it to The Best Online Games Students Can Play In Private Virtual “Rooms”

I Thought I Understood Parents of Language-Learners. Then I Became One is from Ed Week.

A five-minute primary game where everyone’s a winner is from The British Council. I’m adding it to The Best Ideas For Using Games In The ESL/EFL/ELL Classroom.

As U.S. Withdraws, Afghan Interpreters Fear Being Left Behind is from The NY Times.

What Learning in Two Languages Looks Like is by Tan Huynh.

These immigrant mothers had to help their children remote learn — in a language they don’t speak is from The Lily.

Strengthening Services for Unaccompanied Children in U.S. Communities is from The Migration Policy Institute.

Who’s Teaching the Children Crossing the U.S. Border? Answers to 6 Questions is from Ed Week.