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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. PLUS, we’ve just submitted the manuscript for the second edition of The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide! That book will be out in early 2022.

Here are this week’s choices:

The latest issue of my favorite ELL journal, Humanising Language Teaching, is freely available online.

More training for teachers to help English learners in Los Angeles is from Ed Source.

The Effects of Vocabulary Pre-teaching and Pre-questioning on Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension Ability is a newer study.

Navigating the Reading Wars With English Learners is from TESOL. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars”

Learner Agency: Maximizing Learner Potential is an interesting paper related to ELLs from Oxford University Press. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Student Agency & How To Encourage It.

This could be a good video to show to ELLs and then have them talk and write about what happened: