Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

 

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:

I enjoyed @NataliaESL’s concise summarization of @skrashen’s take on grammar instruction. https://t.co/Hbb3p8gOyt

— Tan K Huynh (he/his) 🇱🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 (@TanKHuynh) January 29, 2023

Sharing my new open-access article with Dr Rebecca Oxford. Here we discuss how the knowledges of students with an immigrant and refugee background can be shared within safe spaces of Círculos de Memoria to celebrate diversity. @QUBSSESW @CLER_QUB https://t.co/ddcub8X3Sl pic.twitter.com/P4ExOixxEL

— Yecid Ortega (@OrtegaYecid) January 30, 2023

Education Week has a special series on teaching ELLs. I especially like The Growth of Hispanic Students and English Learners Nationwide—in Charts. I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Keep-Up With Current ELL/ESL/EFL News & Research.

Designing Lesson Plans Around Video-based Annotations is from FLT Mag.

Using Readlang for Listening is also from FLT Mag.

I’m adding this next tweet to The Best Resources For Planning “Learning Stations” – Please Add More and to The Best Ways To Use Photos In Lessons:

@Larryferlazzo @KHullSyp @TanKHuynh gave this newsletter to a new teacher I am working with. Today she showed me how it inspired her literacy rotations- each column became a station and it was SO MUCH FUN! Days like this are helping me survive this year! 💗💗💗 pic.twitter.com/4T0HIOdSBB

— 𝕊𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕪 𝕋𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕣 #OneWord2023 EMBRACE (@SherryTeacher) February 3, 2023

This is an older article, and one I’m sure I’ve shared before at some point, but it’s worth another look: Teaching English Language Learners: What the Research Does—and Does Not—Say by Claude Goldenberg.

I think the photos in this next tweet could be useful for showing ELLs and having them discuss and describe them.  I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Use Photos In Lessons:

Turkish photographer Ugur Gallenkus portrays two different worlds within a single image. Brilliant work pic.twitter.com/liXybs0i9s

— Tansu YEĞEN (@TansuYegen) February 4, 2023