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50 Incredibly Useful Links For Learning & Teaching The English Language

50 Incredibly Useful Links For Learning & Teaching The English Language
Teaching a new language to non-native speakers may be one of the most challenging educational jobs out there, so ELL teachers can use all of the help they can get! Thankfully, many excellent resources for ELL and ESL exist online, from full-service websites to reference tools and communities, all designed to make the task of educating ELL students just a little bit easier and more effective. We’ve scoured the Internet to share 50 of the best of these resources, and we hope you’ll find lots of valuable content and tools through these incredibly useful links for ELL educators. Websites Resource tools, printables, and other great stuff for ELL educators are all available on these sites. Articles & Advice Check out resource lists, journal articles, and ideas for best practices in ELL on these links. Organizations Take advantage of the great opportunities and resources available from these organizations that benefit ELL teachers. Learning Resources Teaching Resources Reference Communities & Blogs Related:  esl technology

  ESL games and activities for adults English to French, Italian, German & Spanish Dictionary ​Personalizing Professional Development For Teachers, By Teachers What do students need to be successful? Why not ask them directly? When we posed this question to our students at Bismarck Public Schools (BPS), here’s what some had to say to their teachers about what they need: “Give me more time to explore my interest.”“I like having a choice of what I get to do.” All the wishes they’ve expressed are pieces of a personalized learning environment. Yet what does personalized professional development (PD) look like? We invited a team of 35 teachers from seven schools to design summer workshops focused on innovating formative assessment practices. Involve Learners Early and Often Working collaboratively with teachers in planning and designing this PD workshop allowed us to leverage the collective wisdom of all our teachers. Improving Feedback Practice What are feedback strategies that help to increase student engagement? Student Self-Assessment and Metacognition How might metacognitive strategies increase personal engagement? SAMR in Formative Assessment

All Things Topics - Home Interactive Crossword Puzzles Action Verbs Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on Action Verbs. Action Verbs (-ing) Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on Action Verbs ending with ‘ing’. Animals on a farm Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on Animals on the farm. Animals in the sea Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on Animals in the sea. Wild Animals (Zoo Animals) Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on Animals in the zoo. Fruits Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on fruits vocabulary. Bathroom Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on bathroom vocabulary. Bedroom Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on bedroom vocabulary. Body Parts Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on body parts (anatomy) vocabulary. Christmas Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on Christmas vocabulary. Clothes Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on clothes vocabulary. Colors Interactive Crossword Interactive ESL Crossword Puzzle on colors vocabulary. Drinks vocabulary

The Best Resources For Helping Beginner ELLs Learn About Community, Signs & Transportation As I shared two months ago (see Beginning A New “Best” Series Of Interest To ELL Teachers), I’m beginning to create an updated series of “Best” lists for Beginning English Language Learners. They will ultimately replace the resources I have on my outdated website. I began with: The Best Resources For Helping Beginner ELLs Learn About Jobs The Best Resources For Helping ELLs Learn About Sports & Other Fun Activities The Best Resources For Helping ELLs Learn About U.S. The Best Resources For Helping Beginner ELLs Learn About Space & Planets The Best Resources For Helping Beginner ELLs Learn About “Feelings” The Best Resources For Helping Beginner ELLs Learn About Animals The Best Resources For Helping Beginner ELLs Learn About Health I’m using this list in conjunction with the “Space” list – I begin with the solar system and then move “closer in.” Here is what I have so far (This post is not completed yet, but I’m preparing it now because my students will be using it in the morning): COMMUNITY:

From Pre-Fab to Personalized: How Districts Are Retooling Professional Development | EdSurge Guides Every learner is different. Nowhere is this as true as it is for teachers. Every teacher comes to the classroom with a different background, different set of skills and differences in how they learn best. Add to this complexity, the fact that every teacher has a different set of students each year, all with their distinct needs. Teachers need individualized learning opportunities to an extreme degree. They know this. Time for change. By pulling data from across the district to better recommend courses and resources for PD;By offering teachers menus of choices for PD that is both in person and virtual; By shifting from a PD that only counts time, to one that counts proficiency. Over the past year, EdSurge has explored the work going on in districts, the tools they’re using and what it’s going to get personalized PD started. If you’re a teacher, we’d like to hear what tools you want in your toolbox. PD Management and Delivery Cycle: 25 Tools Recruit and Retain Recruit Manage Manage Evaluate Teach

Likes and dislikes, Hobbies - L'anglais au collège Clique sur les images ci-dessous pour faire les activités. (clique sur next activity pour passer à l'activité suivante) (Pour tourner les pages de ce livre intéractif, clique sur les onglets de couleur à droite) Pour jouer, choisis d'abord le nombre de joueurs (1 seul), un nom d'équipe et pour chaque question le thème et le nombre de points qu'elle vaut, puis clique sur les bonnes réponses. Clique ici pour jouer à un memory sur les loisirs (il faut associer le son à l'image). Pour faire d'autres activités, clique ici puis sur les titres en bleu situés au milieu de la page.

15 Excellent YouTube Channels for Language Teachers and ESL Learners January 13, 2017 YouTube hosts a treasure trove of excellent educational content that speaks to the learning needs of a wide variety of audiences. Some of this content is created by dedicated teachers and educators who took it upon themselves to promote learning beyond the traditional walls of their classrooms. For instance, in the area of English language learning, there are numerous language teachers (including EFL and ESL) who have set their own YouTube channels and provide video lessons covering almost everything related to language learning. 1- BBC Learning English BBC Learning English provides ‘great grammar, drama, news, study, pronunciation, vocabulary, music, interviews and celebrity videos.’2- Best of Learning English Another good channel that provides video lessons covering different topics related to English learning. the playlists include: The English We Speak, 6 Minute Vocabulary and Grammar, English at Work…3- BBC Learning English Listening Skills 7- EF podEnglish

5 Best Practices for Personalized Professional Development Personalized learning has been one of the biggest education buzzwords of the past year—and for good reason. Educators agree that differentiating content for students based on their level of understanding and performance is critical to success in the classroom. But, with the growing body of research backing up personalized models, and increasing focus on delivering these kinds of experiences to students, why aren’t more districts considering a similar approach to professional development for teachers? Teachers come to the profession with a variety of education experiences and professional backgrounds—not to mention the enormous array of innate skills and traits that make every person unique. If we want teachers to be lifelong learners (as we encourage all students to be), then administrators and technology providers alike owe it to them to provide readily accessible, ongoing professional learning that addresses their individual challenges, interests, strengths, and expertise.

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