Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
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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.
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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:
The Sherlock Center on Disabilities has an interesting collection of online books radically modified for accessibility.
Graded Language and Why English Teachers Should Use It is from My Life Teaching in a Korean University. I’m adding it to The Best Advice To Content Teachers About Supporting English Language Learners.
The Have Fun With English blog has a post about a nice activity called The Compass. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Planning The First Day Of School.
Is Federal Funding for Immigrant Students Falling Short? is from Ed Week.
Rewordify is an amazing tool and has been on The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels” for years. However, I recently learned from Blog de Cristina that it also now allows you to automatically create quizzes. So, I’m also adding it to THE “BEST” TOOLS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TURNING TEXTS & VIDEOS INTO INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING TOOLS.
New: What is an #ELL teacher?
Helpful resources and videos for admins, colleagues, and #ELL professionals looking for ways to share their expertisehttps://t.co/jY0Z0ucwJb
Image: @allison_shelley and @All4Ed #ELLchat #MLL #MLLchat
— Colorín Colorado (@ColorinColorado) September 20, 2022
What Should I See in a Classroom, and Why is it Important for #ELLs? Explore page 3 in this resource > https://t.co/yE5QAYjy0d #LiteracyforMLLs pic.twitter.com/D2VW8piFdx
— ASKNCELA1 (@ASKNCELA1) September 21, 2022
➡️RESOURCE: Differences Impacting Literacy Development Between Monolingual English Learners And Bilingual Learners https://t.co/DQ8rp3zEtj #LiteracyforMLLs
— ASKNCELA1 (@ASKNCELA1) September 21, 2022
Continued to build research base over the past 20 yrs. – brain research on #duallanguage development, effective strategies & approaches research, comparative program impacts/evaluations, & how the dual language brain works. See research: https://t.co/MAPspdc5vt #LiteracyforMLLs pic.twitter.com/vup93TJO3t
— ASKNCELA1 (@ASKNCELA1) September 21, 2022
I’m adding this next tweet to The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars”:
So I’ll probably get yelled at for this, but here is my visual attempt to articulate some sources of disconnect between multilingual literacy and the science of reading. pic.twitter.com/9e9HBkZLbU
— Patrick Proctor (@cpatrickproctor) September 20, 2022
ESL Writing Wizard is a great resource for handwriting instructional resources. I’ve used its materials with my high school students.
District LCAPs lack detailed goals for English learners, report says is from Ed Source.
This video would be good to show older ELLs, and then have them write and talk about what they saw. I’m adding it to The Best Christmas Videos For English Language Learners – Help Me Find More: