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Title: Activities and Resources for the Very Hungry Caterpillar in Spanish
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Eric Carle's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar is available in Spanish, and Spanish Mama blogger Elisabeth has assembled a collection of activity ideas and online resources to accompany the book: http://spanishmama.com/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-in-spanish/
Source: Spanish Mama
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Title: Podcast: Everything You Wanted to Know about English Language Learners
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Beth Skelton talks about English learners in this 31-minute podcast, including the stages of language acquisition, the role of the ELL teacher, and guidance on flexible grouping situations for English learners.
Listen to the podcast at https://myedexpert.com/ep-18-everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-english-language-learnersbut-were-afraid-to-ask/
Source: MyEdExpert
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Title: Article: Why Teaching English Through Content Is Critical for ELL Students
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Why Teaching English Through Content Is Critical for ELL Students
by Katrina Schwartz
May 28, 2018
Teaching grade-level content to students who have just arrived in the United States and whose English skills are limited is a difficult task. High school-level content specialists especially have little training on how to integrate language acquisition into their content. Often teachers deal with that by either dumbing down the curriculum to make it linguistically simpler or alternating between lessons focused on language and those about content.
Teachers in San Francisco were looking for better ways to teach their newcomer students the English skills they need, without losing a focus on the complex content all students should be learning. To do that, they looked to adopt some of the strategies of the Writing Is Thinking Through Inquiry (WITsi) work being done in New York City with the general education population.
Read the full article and learn seven basic writing strategies at https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51268/why-teaching-english-through-content-is-critical-for-ell-students
Source: KQED
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Title: Sites for Learning About World Refugee Day
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From http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org
June 20 is World Refugee Day. Larry Ferlazzo has curated a list of relevant online resources at http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/06/18/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-world-refugee-day/
Source: Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
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Title: Article: Are You Schooling or Educating your English Learner Students?
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Are you schooling or educating your English learner students?
Erick Herrmann
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
English learners, like all students, go to school to learn. They are learning the knowledge and skills of the content areas as they are developing English proficiency. The goal, of course, is that students learn to be critical thinkers, are able to engage in society, and develop the skills necessary to be happy and successful human beings.
As we teach our students, then, are we creating situations in which students can develop those skills? Or are we teaching them to robotically follow the rules that are imposed by the adults in the school?
...The following ideas are a few examples of ways to build student voice into the "schooling" process.
Read the full article to get ideas for increasing learner agency: http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/are-you-schooling-or-educating-your-english-learner-students/education
Source: MultiBriefs
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Title: Teaching Young Learners to Communicate Non-Verbally
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From https://elmundodepepita.blogspot.com
Julie from the Mundo de Pepita blog shares one of the strategies she uses to keep her elementary classes 100% in the target language: she teaches her students to communicate non-verbally. Read her blog post on gestures, pointing, and drawing here: https://elmundodepepita.blogspot.com/2018/06/3-non-verbal-strategies-i-teach-my-fles.html
Source: Mundo de Pepita
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Title: World Cup 2018 Resources
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Your InterCom Editor is excited about the World Cup, whose first match was late last week, and hopes that the best team wins, as long as that team is Brazil. Regardless of whom you're cheering for, following the World Cup is a great way to boost global awareness through a wildly popular sport and to follow teams and athletes from your target culture. Here are some resources for following the World Cup:
Keep track of matches, standings, brackets, news, and players through Google at https://www.google.com/search?q=world+cup+2018+schedule&oq=world+cup+2018&aqs=chrome.0.0l3j69i57j69i60l2.3022j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#sie=lg;/m/06qjc4;2;/m/030q7;mt;fp;1
The official website of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia is available at https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/. The website is available in English, German, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, and Chinese.
From Deutsche Welle, here are 100 things to know about the 2018 World Cup: http://www.dw.com/en/100-things-to-know-ahead-of-the-2018-world-cup-in-russia/a-42841195
From the BBC, here are 7 charts with information about the World Cup: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44388118
From the New York Times, available in English and Spanish, here is a guide to all 32 teams competing: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/sports/world-cup-groups.html
Read about World Cup anthems at https://daily.jstor.org/why-we-love-world-cup-anthems/
Speaking of official and unofficial cultural phenomena, be sure to check out this video from Peru to Denmark (https://youtu.be/-whgifhMRwM) and Denmark's musical response (https://youtu.be/8b9ZcqkNAwk)
French teachers may be interested in discussing this article in the New York Times about players from the Banlieues of Paris: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/sports/soccer/france-world-cup-kylian-mbappe.html
Chinese students may enjoy this short reading and listening selection: https://www.thechairmansbao.com/chinese-football-fans-ready-for-world-cup-in-russia/
Light Bulb Languages has a collection of resources for French, German, Italian, and Spanish learners: http://www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk/resources-worldcup2018.html
Get some great classroom ideas from the EFL Classroom 2.0 blog: http://ddeubel.edublogs.org/2018/06/07/world-cup-resources/
Resources for Spanish teachers and learners abound. Follow the tournament on ESPN at http://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/liga/_/nombre/fifa.world or on Univisión at https://www.univision.com/deportes/futbol. Learn the officially sanctioned ways to talk about soccer in Spanish on the Fundéu's website: https://www.fundeu.es/blog/fundu-con-f-de-ftbol/. Here is a scaffolded activity involving the Twitter handles of the different teams from Zambombazo: http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/billetes-grupos-de-la-copa-mundial-de-la-fifa-rusia-2018/. And finally, for Lionel Messi fans (your InterCom editor would never cheer for anyone playing for Argentina), here are some great authentic resources: http://www.ceauthres.com/2018/06/mas-para-la-copa-mundial-lionel-messi.html
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Title: Resources for Immigrant Heritage Month
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From http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org
June has been Immigrant Heritage Month since 2013. Larry Ferlazzo has curated some relevant resources at http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/06/09/june-is-immigrant-heritage-month-here-are-related-resources-2/
Source: Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
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Title: Six Core Practices for Early Language Learners
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NNELL president Nathan Lutz writes,
"Best practices" are good for teachers to do. "Core practices," on the other hand, are essential for teachers. Think of the distinction as the "nice to haves" vs. the "must haves." Core practices are non-negotiables that must be employed in order to do one's job as an educator and must be demonstrated to secure a teaching job. If a job applicant couldn't perform these essential practices, they would not be considered worthy of hiring. These practices would also have to be demonstrated throughout a teacher's career in order to receive satisfactory evaluations.
...These Six Core Practices for Effective Language Learning are identified as: (1) Facilitate Target-Language Comprehensibility, (2) Guide Learners Through Interpreting Authentic Resources, (3) Design Oral Interpersonal Communication Tasks, (4) Plan with Backward Design Model, (5) Teach Grammar as a Concept and Use it in Context, and (6) Provide Appropriate Oral Feedback. Here is how each can be applicable for the early language learner.
Read the full article at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2018/06/six_core_practices_for_early_language_learners.html
Source: Education Week
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Title: ACTFL Core Practice Hacks: Tips and Tools for Engaging Students
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Meredith White continues her series highlighting the American Council on the Teaching Foreign Languages' six core practices (http://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/content/24973 and http://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/content/25074) with a third installment, about engaging students when using target language in the classroom, fostering interpersonal communication, and using backward design when creating curriculum.
Read the latest post at http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/subjects/global-competency-world-languages/2018/06/core-practice-hacks-tips-and-tools-for-engaging-students/
Access a presentation on ACTFL six core practices by Pet Swanson and Marty Abbott at https://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/pd/presentations/2016/Building%20Your%20Core%20-%20Effective%20Practices.pdf and read a 6-part series about each of the six practices at http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/subjects/global-competency-world-languages/2017/01/world-languages-strengthen-your-core/
Source: Kentucky Teacher
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