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:

Here’s a free AI-powered IELTS prep site.

WordLink is good online word game. Unfortunately, it’s only on Reddit, which is blocked by most schools. However, the its basic idea is a good one for any ELL classroom – you share the name of a category (let’s say food). The player then has to give a word related to the category (let’s say carrot). Then, you give the name of another category (let’s say furniture), and the word given related to it has to start with the last letter of the previous word (let’s say table) and so on. I think it could work well in class, and I’m adding it to The Best Ideas For Using Games In The ESL/EFL/ELL Classroom.

Music brings harmony to language lessons for multilingual learners is from Education Dive. I’m adding it to The Best Music Websites For Learning English.

Show this video to ELLs and then have them write/talk about what they saw:

Here’s another one:

And here’s yet another video to show to ELLs:

I’m adding this tweet to Best Posts On “Motivating” Students:

The Barefoot TEFL Teacher has compiled a great list of resources.

I’m adding this tweet to Best Posts On Metacognition:

Teachers Need EL Training, but Federal Grant Funding Is at Risk is from Ed Week.