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Eight 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 2021.

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

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

Here are this week’s choices:

Immigrant Students Are Under Pressure. Four Ways Districts Can Support Them is from Ed Week.

Class Hero looks interesting at $450 annually for a classroom: ClassHero knows that accessibility is more than a box to check off and is on a mission to raise the standard by enhancing each district’s K-8 Core Math Curriculum with voice over narration in 37 languages, quality checked by native speakers.

Microsoft Translator for Education can be a very helpful tool. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Google Translate & Other Forms Of Machine Translation.

This could be a good video to show ELLs and have them talk/write about what they saw (and the message communicated by the film):

Here’s another one:

And one more:

Khan Academy has added English/Spanish books to their mobile app.

STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS looks like a pretty impressive document.

Want to Support Immigrant Students? Get Creative With Funding is from Ed Week.

I’m adding this next tweet to The Best Resources On Providing Scaffolds To Students: