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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.
The legendary Dr. Jim Cummins synthesizes 40+ years of research on ML instruction w/ the goal of rethinking how we teach based on best https://t.co/8IuW5a8mvX https://t.co/GnadXjzmax pic.twitter.com/dYhCtFOuM1
โ Tan K Huynh (he/his) ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ๐น๐ญ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ (@TanKHuynh) September 23, 2022
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:
Hot off the press: The Multilingual Digital Dictionary now has Ukrainian and Russian added! Make a copy, then plug in your vocab words and see pronunciation, translation, picture, and definition. Adapted from Irina McGrath’s dictionary: https://t.co/pHHngzJqWB #wrdsbMLL #OntEd
โ Kimiko Shibata ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ (@ESL_fairy) September 27, 2022
Khan Academy has added English/Spanish books to their mobile app.
Because there are more resources for speakers of high-incidence languages, speakers of low-incidence languages may often feel invisible โ or insignificant. There are several ways communities can support these #ELs in home language development: https://t.co/o6dEchr5Ey
โ ASKNCELA1 (@ASKNCELA1) September 26, 2022
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:
๐ฅ#scaffolds ๐ฅare important for #ELs The link below will take you to the #ELL2point0 site to explore/make a copy of the infographic with 3 types of scaffolds & examples of how to use them with #Literacy strategies such as โจThink-Write-Pair-Shareโจ
๐https://t.co/8RTtTZQr1z pic.twitter.com/wGXVI35IAGโ Irina McGrath, Ph.D. (@irina_mcgrath) September 28, 2022
This is an indicator of what is likely to happen in many major cities. Local school districts, including @officialSCUSD , need to be staffing up ELL programs cc: @chinua_rhodes https://t.co/aVL6HMgyaT
โ Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 18, 2022
Trump enacted the controversial policy during Covid-19. Itโs set to end Wednesday unless the Supreme Court intervenes. https://t.co/lKI2SEKzgo
โ Vox (@voxdotcom) December 18, 2022
What is Title 42? Explaining the controversial border policy. – The Washington Post https://t.co/sQshd5Qjy0
— Maria Sacchetti (@mariasacchetti) December 21, 2022
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