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Title: New Online TEFL Certificate
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From http://linguistlist.org/issues/26/26-3594.html
The Foreign Language and ESL Education program at the University of Iowa is now offering an online graduate-level Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Certificate.
The TEFL Online Certificate prepares current and future English language education professionals outside of the United States. Four eight-week courses can be completed in one year. There is no designated meeting time. As long as deadlines for assignments are met, students are free to work at their own pace. The TEFL Certificate is organized around four competencies in foreign language teaching, which align with the TESOL International Association standards for English teacher education.
For more details go to http://linguistlist.org/issues/26/26-3594.html or http://www.education.uiowa.edu/TEFL
Source: LINGUIST List
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Title: Study Finds English Learners in Seattle-Area Elementary Schools Successfully Reach Language and Literacy Targets in Nearly Four Years
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From http://languagemagazine.com/?p=124255
A new Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northwest study, prepared in partnership with seven Washington school districts, found that English language learners (ELLs) took 3.8 years on average to gain English proficiency.
… The study found that ELLs entering school in grades three and four took more than a year longer to be reclassified as English proficient than those entering kindergarten. This suggests that additional attention and interventions should be given to students who are arriving later in elementary school. Additionally, nearly a fifth of the students had not reached English proficiency by the end of the eight years studied.
… Contrary to national trends, ELLs in Road Map districts who entered in grades two through five with the highest levels of English proficiency took longer to be reclassified as non-ELLs than those with the lowest proficiency. Also, students in schools with higher percentages of free or reduced-price lunch (FRL) eligibility were reclassified faster than students in schools with lower FRL eligibility rate.
Read the full article and download the full study at http://languagemagazine.com/?p=124255
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: Lesson Plan: Draw a Story
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From http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk
This lesson for young English learners uses a wonderful idea from Chris Riddell, currently the 'children's laureate', of turning children into illustrators.
Learners will listen to a story and imagine each scene. Then they will work in groups, making colorful illustrations of key points from the story. When they finish they will put their pictures together to form a picture book version of the story. Finally they will use the picture book to retell the story in groups.
Access the lesson plan and supporting resources at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/draw-a-story
Source: British Council
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Title: Article Describes the Advantages of Two-Way Immersion
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From https://theconversation.com/how-can-we-support-kids-in-learning-more-than-one-language-45028
How can we support kids in learning more than one language?
by Ester J de Jong
August 10, 2015
Most people have come to agree that it is necessary to know more than one language. Over 70% of respondents in a recent study conducted in Florida agreed or strongly agreed with the statement that all students should learn an additional language of their choice.
The question is, how can we support our children in learning more than one language?
I have been a bilingual educator for over 20 years. I have worked with teachers and conducted many classroom observations and program evaluations. One bilingual education model that research has shown to be particularly effective is “Two-Way Immersion,” or TWI.
Read the full article at https://theconversation.com/how-can-we-support-kids-in-learning-more-than-one-language-45028
Source: The Conversation
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Title: Controversy in the Classroom
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Several language and global education professionals have been writing about teaching controversial issues and bringing up difficult topics in class. Here are some resources to guide you if you want to deal with potentially difficult topics in class:
An e-book to guide English language teachers in teaching “PARSNIPS”: Politics, Alcohol, Religion, Sex, Narcotics, -Isms, Pork: http://teflgeek.net/2015/08/10/parsnips-in-elt-stepping-out-of-the-comfort-zone/
Two recent articles about teaching about world religions: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2015/08/make_the_study_of_world_religions_more_meaningful_strategies_and_resources.html and at the beginning of this newsletter: http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a9f6c180278a62e01d817ae4b&id=d851bfb8ea&e=c00fca3321
Three posts from the TESOL blog about teaching controversial topics: same-sex marriage, global warming, and controversy in general: http://blog.tesol.org/controversy-in-adult-conversation/, http://blog.tesol.org/discussing-same-sex-marriage-in-elt-a-survey-approach/, and http://blog.tesol.org/discussing-global-warming-and-climate-change-in-elt/
Finally, some suggestions for talking about difficult classroom management issues: http://busyteacher.org/22819-difficult-conversations-with-students-how-to.html
Source: Various
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Title: Beginning-of-School Resources
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All over the Internet, teachers are sharing their ideas and resources for the beginning of the school year and resources and suggestions for new teachers. Here are some of them:
A Back to School Bundle from Mis Clases Locas for Spanish teachers: http://misclaseslocas.blogspot.com/2015/08/back-to-school-bundle.html
A New Teacher’s Checklist available for free download: http://ddeubel.edublogs.org/2015/08/12/featured-resource-new-teachers-checklist/
A Fall Start-Up Checklist from Jalen’s Teaching Blog: http://jalensteachingblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/my-fall-start-up-checklists-to-get.html
From Musicuentos, a document that you can use to talk about proficiency with students and parents: http://musicuentos.com/2015/08/intermediate-tacos/
Five Back-to-School Activities Supporting Student Diversity from the TESOL blog: http://blog.tesol.org/5-back-to-school-activities-supporting-student-diversity/
A beginning of the year unit for Spanish from Spark Enthusiasm: http://www.sparkenthusiasm.com/beginning_of_the_year_resources.html
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Title: One Teacher’s Experience with Standards Based Grading
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From https://sradentlinger.wordpress.com/
As you read the Topic of the Week articles in our series on curriculum development, we hope you’ll also visit Spanish teacher and blogger Elizabeth Dentlinger’s series about her experience using standards based grading. Read the first of her series of posts here: https://sradentlinger.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/senora-dentlingers-standards-based-grading-sbg-journey/. The second post, about using ACTFL’s proficiency levels, is here: https://sradentlinger.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/sbg-journey-step-2-understand-actfls-proficiency-levels/
Source: La Clase de la Señora Dentlinger
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Title: Vocabulary Game: Work Snap! AKA Say the Same Thing
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The band OK Go (known for their viral music videos) has created a word game - Say the Same Thing - in which two people each say a random word at the same time, and then they each say another word that connects to the two previous words, and so on, until they say the same word at the same time. Learn how to play the game in this hip video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sP1DqyagXE. Then check out this post on the tekhnologic blog to get some ideas for adapting the game for language classrooms: https://tekhnologic.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/word-snap-say-the-same-thing/. Finally, if you’re interested in OK Go’s app, you can access it via the game’s website: http://saythesamething.com/
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Title: Brain Breaks in the Target Language
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From https://marishawkins.wordpress.com
Brain breaks are short activities that you can use between other activities to help students re-focus their attention. Spanish teacher and blogger Maris Hawkins has collected break break ideas from several different sources and described how they can be used in the target language in a language classroom in this recent blog post: https://marishawkins.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/brain-breaks-in-the-target-language/
Source: Maris Hawkins
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Title: 5 Steps to Implementing Learning Stations in the Language Classroom
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From http://madameshepard.com/?p=798
Many language teachers are using learning stations in their classrooms, and in a recent article French teacher Lisa Shepard describes five steps that teachers can follow to create and implement learning stations that support growth in students’ language proficiency: http://madameshepard.com/?p=798
Source: Madame's Musings
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