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.
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Here are this week’s choices:
We’ve got a new webpage to help you discover strategies to support multilingual learners and enhance your reading instruction! Visit the Reading with Multilingual Learners page for research-based insights and practical tools: https://t.co/iMtQpmSlQE
— WIDA™ (@WIDA_UW) September 26, 2024
The Use of Mnemonics to Minimize the Interfering Effects of Teaching New Words in Semantic Sets to Learners of English as a Foreign Language is a recent study.
Breaking Down the Monolingual Wall VIII: Our Students Are Multilingual. Shouldn’t Assessment Be? is from Language Magazine.
30 song-based lesson plans and activities is from On The Same Page. I’m adding it to The Best Music Websites For Learning English.
Pre-teaching academic vocabulary is from ELT Training. I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Developing Academic English Skills & Vocabulary.
Immigrant Students’ Rights: A Guide for Schools’ Front-Office Staff is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Practical Resources For Helping Teachers, Students & Families Respond To Immigration Challenges.
I’m adding this tweet to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT COGNITIVE LOAD THEORY:
Sweller’s Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) has significant implications for multilingual learners as they face unique cognitive challenges during the learning process.
Here’s how to manage them ⬇️#edutwitter #EAL #multilingual #MLs pic.twitter.com/01ea36KwHR
— Joanna Kolota (@JKolota) October 2, 2024
Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction can have a profound impact on all students, including multilingual learners. However, for multilingual learners to fully benefit, adaptations are often necessary ⬇️ (1/2)#edutwitter #EAL #multilingual #MLs pic.twitter.com/BFuE2zPurj
— Joanna Kolota (@JKolota) October 3, 2024
This looks like a great way to find books! Thanks @ColorinColorado https://t.co/D6z2c5J1g7
— 🌍 ναℓєηтιηα gσηzαℓєz (@ValentinaESL) October 2, 2024
Much too little, too late in the story.
“Still, 11 respondents said – unprompted – that the newcomers had enriched the school community, bringing new perspectives and resilience that other children could learn from.”
— Alexander Russo (@alexanderrusso) October 5, 2024
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