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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.

You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2020.

Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners.

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:

There is discussion about including a path to citizenship in the U.S. Senate Budget Reconciliation process.  That would be amazing for so many of our students and their families!

5 myths about emergent bilinguals—and how to challenge them is from Teach Learn Grow.

How and Why to Assess in Multiple Languages is by Tan Huynh.

States Provide First-hand Accounts of Most Pressing Needs of English Learners After a Year and a Half of Remote Learning is from New America.

California’s math framework matters to English learners. Here’s how we can get it right is from Ed Source. It includes a link to recommendations for how to design math materials in accessible ways, which could be applied to other subjects, too. I’m adding this info to The Best Resources For Teaching Common Core Math To English Language Learners.

EFL Creative Ideas offers some neat lesson plans.

US to begin evacuation of Afghans who aided US military is from The Associated Press. This tragedy could affect the number of students in many of our ELL classes.

I’m adding this next tweet to The Best Online Resources For Teachers of SLIFEs:

You can see a great collection of “wordless” videos here (27 of them!). The class can watch one and then write and talk about what happened. One example:

Here’s another good video to show: