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From https://blog.coerll.utexas.edu

Josie Jesser describes her process to find target language speakers the same age as her students that are available to help her create videos of them speaking the target language that she can use in class: https://blog.coerll.utexas.edu/creating-videos-for-use-in-the-classroom/

From http://blog.tesol.org

This short article by Greg Kessler includes some ideas for finding pictures to use in language classes as well as different ways you can use images, memes, and picture stories: http://blog.tesol.org/using-pictures-in-the-esl-classroom/

From https://elmundodepepita.blogspot.com

Here's a great infographic with ten strategies for making input more comprehensible to language learners, along with extra commentary on each strategy: https://elmundodepepita.blogspot.com/2018/07/10-strategies-for-making-target.html

From https://www.blendedplay.com/how-it-works.html

Blended Play is an easy online gaming portal where teachers review content in any subject through games displayed on a projector or a SmartBoard. Teachers enter questions and answers and determine game length, and these are incorporated into one of five ready-made games; three race games, one board discovery game, and one board domination game.

Visit the Blended Play website to learn more: https://www.blendedplay.com/

The 23rd issue of SCENARIO – Journal for Performative Teaching, Learning, Research has just gone online. It consists of four articles, one country report (Turkey), three book reviews, one conference report, one conference announcement (6th SCENARIO FORUM SYMPOSIUM) and one contribution to the rubric Texts around Theatre. 

The most recent issue is available at http://research.ucc.ie/scenario/current

From https://www.tcpress.com/preparing-english-learners-for-college-and-career-9780807759257

Preparing English Learners for College and Career: Lessons from Successful High Schools
By María Santos, Martha Castellón Palacios, Tina Cheuk, Rebecca Greene, Diana Mercado-Garcia, Lisa Zerkel, Kenji Hakuta, and Renae Skarin
Published by Teachers College Press

How do school communities create environments that fully prepare both English learners and dual-language learners for colleges and careers? This valuable book profiles six high-performing high schools that had a singular focus on improving the educational outcomes of English learners. The authors use these case studies to identify a comprehensive set of design elements and shared values that were key factors in yielding extraordinary results. These include a school-wide language development framework that integrates content, analytical practices, and language learning; a broad and dynamic view of assessment practices; intensive social-emotional support for students and their families; and mission-driven staff and leadership that maximize learning opportunities across classrooms. The practices employed in these schools are not only essential for English learners’ success but, as the performance data shows, they also benefit all students.

Visit the publisher's website at https://www.tcpress.com/preparing-english-learners-for-college-and-career-9780807759257

From https://sty.presswarehouse.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=305674

Community-Based Global Learning: The Theory and Practice of Ethical Engagement at Home and Abroad
By Eric Hartman, Richard C. Kiely, Christopher Boettcher, and Jessica Friedrichs
Published by Stylus Publishing, LLC

International education, service-learning, and community-based global learning programs are robust with potential. They can positively impact communities, grow civil society networks, and have transformative effects for students who become more globally aware and more engaged in global civil society – at home and abroad. Yet such programs are also packed with peril. Clear evidence indicates that poor forms of such programming have negative impacts on vulnerable persons, including medical patients and children, while cementing stereotypes and reinforcing patterns of privilege and exclusion. These dangers can be mitigated, however, through collaborative planning, design, and evaluation that advances mutually beneficial community partnerships, critically reflective practice, thoughtful facilitation, and creative use of resources. 

Drawing on research and insights from several academic disciplines and community partner perspectives, along with the authors’ decades of applied, community-based development and education experience, they present a model of community-based global learning that clearly espouses an equitable balance between learning methodology and a community development philosophy.

Visit the publisher's website at https://sty.presswarehouse.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=305674

From https://ortesol.wildapricot.org/

Oregon Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ORTESOL) is excited to announce details of this year's fall conference. The two-day event will be held at Clackamas Community College on November 16th and 17th. 

This year’s theme, Navigating Change, highlights the need for ESOL professionals to explore how changing learner demographics, employment trends, skills, and teaching strategies create new opportunities for transforming our teaching practice in ways that are relevant, innovative, and adaptable to different contexts.

If you would like to present, please see the call for workshop presenters at https://ortesol.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/2018%20Fall%20Conference%20Call%20for%20Proposals.pdf and the call for plenary speaker proposals for the "Navigating Change" panel at https://ortesol.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Events/2018%20Fall%20Conference/2018%20Plenary%20Navigating%20Change%20Panel%20Call%20for%20Speakers.pdf. Deadlines to submit are in mid-August.

For more details go to https://ortesol.wildapricot.org/

From https://linguistlist.org/issues/29/29-3079.html

The second 2018 issue of the International Journal of Russian Studies (IJORS) has been published. 

The editors are now calling for articles for the forthcoming issues. Articles can be on any aspect of Russia - its history, culture (language, linguistics, literature, art etc.), religion, politics, or peoples - from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Articles submitted should adhere to the guidelines found on the IJORS website at http://www.ijors.net/editorialPrinciples.php 

View the full call for articles at https://linguistlist.org/issues/29/29-3079.html