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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:

Teaching Oral Reading Fluency to Older Students is from Timothy Shanahan. I’m adding it to The Best Posts About Value Of Oral Reading In Partners For ELLs & Others.

Sing it or speak it?: the effects of sung and rhythmically spoken songs on preschool children’s word learning is a newly published study.

Challenges remain for undocumented students to tap financial aid in California is from Ed Source.

A helmet has always been a good idea is a lesson from On The Same Page.

The English Learner Who Became Secretary of Education is from Latino USA.

Our favorite Chrome extensions of 2021 lists some good language-learning tools (it’s from Google).

STEM and ELT: 4 Science Strategies is from TESOL. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Teaching The Next Generation Science Standards To English Language Learners.

Survey — 56% of Educators Working With English Learners Say Pandemic Significantly Disrupted Learning; Nearly 4 in 10 Say Students Should Have Repeated Grade is from The 74. What a terrible idea!

How IPS is reaching bilingual families — and what parents want to see next is from Chalkbeat.

I recently discovered that the Khan Academy has Spanish-language science videos, as well as math. I just wish they’d get someone there who knows how to actually make engaging ones. But, nevertheless, they are very useful. I’m adding it to The Best Multilingual & Bilingual Sites For Math, Social Studies, & Science.

I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources On The Importance Of Correctly Pronouncing Student Names: