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Title: Spanish Podcasts
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Here is an article reviewing Spanish-language podcasts that you and your students can learn from: http://spanishmama.com/the-best-spanish-podcasts-for-learning-spanish/
Source: Spanish Mama
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Title: Working with Mayan English Learners
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From https://www.languagemagazine.com/2018/03/19/a-minority-within-a-minority/
A Minority within a Minority
by Elizabeth Jenner and Maria Konkel
March 19, 2018
Educational obstacles faced by immigrant Mayan English language learners (ELLs) in the U.S. are typically compounded by residual effects of inequity originally experienced in their home countries, where indigenous Mayan populations have long suffered a brand of neo-racism that has manifested into substandard education (Mijangos-Noh, 2009, pp. 3–7).
Many Mayan children who graduate from elementary school do so without having become literate in their first language, “and an undetermined number finish… without knowing how to read and write in any language” (Mijangos-Noh, 2009, p. 5). In this article, we aim to present an overview of the factors that have led to Mayan ELLs’ disadvantages in education and what educators can do to assist this population.
Read the full article at https://www.languagemagazine.com/2018/03/19/a-minority-within-a-minority/
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: Culturally Responsive Communication: Participation that Values Individual Differences
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From https://www.empoweringells.com
Here is a nice article by Katie Toppel, a K-5 English Language Development Specialist in Oregon who also teaches as an Adjunct Professor of ESOL courses at Portland State University, about culturally responsive communication that empowers English learners to participate in classroom discussions. Her conclusion:
"Classrooms where students must raise their hands for permission to speak, and only one student speaks at a time, privilege students who are willing to raise their hand to speak in front of the entire group. Those circumstances are not ideal for promoting language production among English Learners who may experience self-consciousness and stress about speaking in English when they are still acquiring the language.
"When teachers incorporate culturally and linguistically responsive protocols for classroom communication, English learners will have more opportunities to speak and to practice target language in circumstances that allow them to feel more comfortable, supported, and engaged.
"Of course, we can look to the experts for different methods that promote student talk. Yet, ultimately, we are the experts about our students and are most equipped to determine what types of communication practices will have the best outcomes for them."
Read the full article, which includes links to resources for implementing some of the strategies she recommends, at https://www.empoweringells.com/participation/
Source: Empowering ELLs
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Title: Sites Offering Free Lesson Plans for Movies
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In this recent blog post, teacher Larry Ferlazzo shares the resources he uses when he's out sick and needs a fast lesson plan to go with a movie: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/03/20/the-best-sites-offering-free-lesson-plans-for-movies/
Source: Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
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Title: Six Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners
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From http://www.tesol.org/the-6-principles/about
TESOL International Association has defined a core set of principles for the exemplary teaching of English learners. The 6 Principles are universal guidelines drawn from decades of research in language pedagogy and language acquisition theory. The 6 Principles are for all educators who interact with English language learners. They are applicable across different educational contexts, such as classrooms with children or adults, dual language learners, emerging bilinguals, and multilingual students. Here they are:
1. Know Your Learners
2. Create Conditions for Language Learning
3. Design High-Quality Lessons for Language Development
4. Adapt Lesson Delivery as Needed
5. Monitor and Assess Student Language Development
6. Engage and Collaborate within a Community of Practice
Explore the six principles at http://www.tesol.org/the-6-principles/
Source: TESOL
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Title: Are You Burned Out from Correcting Papers? Consider Doing Away with Corrective Feedback
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From https://mmeblouwolff.weebly.com
Rebecca Blouwolff writes, "While I've made several changes to streamline my feedback process, one of the most transformative has been to put down the red (well, purple) pen. ... When I'm assessing my students' presentational writing, I now hardly make any corrective marks for accuracy on their papers. Instead, I might point out a particularly strong complex sentence or cultural example, and leave the rest for the rubric."
Read the full post for reasons that skipping corrective feedback may not be useful, and for ideas on what to focus on instead: https://mmeblouwolff.weebly.com/revolutionized-teaching/march-sanity-1-what-happens-when-we-put-down-the-red-pen
Source: Revolutionized Teaching
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Title: Teacher Reflects on National Geographic Certification
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From https://somewheretoshare.com
Carrie Toth shares her experience getting National Geographic certification and a new activity using the National Geographic learning framework: Attitudes to Skills to Knowledge.
Read the blog post at https://somewheretoshare.com/2018/03/13/a-s-k-me-about-national-geographic-certification/
Source: Somewhere to Share
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Title: Tool Review: VideoAnt
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Here is a review of VideoAnt, a free web-based tool for annotating online videos: http://fltmag.com/videoant-online-video-annotations/
Source: FLTMag
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Title: Invigorate Online Instruction
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From http://www.tefltraininginstitute.com/
If you're teaching a language online, you may miss the movement and activity of a face-to-face class. Here's a short blog post with five good ideas to get online students moving, too: http://www.tefltraininginstitute.com/blog/2018/3/6/the-biggest-problem-with-online-teaching-and-how-to-solve-it
Source: TEFL Training Institute
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Title: Class Discussion Techniques
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From https://eltcation.wordpress.com
How can you facilitate the sharing of ideas among students? Here is a collection of eight discussion techniques, many of which may already be familiar to you, to get students sharing ideas with each other, learning together, and organizing their thoughts. The post also has a nice infographic summarizing the techniques.
Available at https://eltcation.wordpress.com/2018/03/18/class-discussion-techniques-no-hiding-no-overpowering/
Source: ELT-Cation
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