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Title: Open Resources for Indigenous Languages
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From https://blog.coerll.utexas.edu
Our sister LRC, the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning, has assembled an annotated collection of links to indigenous language resources available under a Creative Commons license. They write, "Open Creative Commons licenses, an essential aspect of all OER, make it easier for people to access and share important information in their community and with the world, while ensuring authors are always credited for their work. This will not be a solution that suits everyone, but there are many indigenous language teachers and organizations who have chosen to make their resources available under a Creative Commons license."
Check out the list, including additional resources in the comments, at https://blog.coerll.utexas.edu/open-resources-for-indigenous-languages/
If you'd like to learn more about open educational resources for language learning, COERLL's website is available at http://coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/
Source: COERLL
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Title: Arabic Activity: What Do You Like About School
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Here's an idea from the Arabic K-12 Teachers Network Bulletin (https://mailchi.mp/qfi/arabic-k-12-bulletin-may-1-993389?e=feb2c9cab6):
What do you like best about school? For a great K-12 school-related listening activity, have your students reflect on what they like best about school, and then guess what young people in the Arab world like best about school. Then watch this interview with young boys in a school setting at https://youtu.be/RHDjrj4qln4 and have your students pick out the words they recognize. Compare answers with their own to extend the learning!
Source: Arabic K-12 Bulletin
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Title: Video Lesson: Let's Start a Ping Pong Club
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In this new instructional video from the Center for Global Education at Asia Society watch how learning can “go real” to make connections with the real world and the students' lives. In this class about “Sports" they are talking about starting a ping pong club in their school. In the end, the learners will write and present a letter to the principal to request to start a ping pong club and prepare to have a meeting with school board members through role-playing.
To watch the video, visit https://asiasociety.org/china-learning-initiatives/fangzhou-zhangs-8th-grade-novice-high-chinese-class-lets-start-ping-pong
Source: Asia Society
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Title: Féile na Gaeilge: Irish Immersion Day
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From https://irishartscenter.org/event/feile-na-gaeilge-irish-language-day-2019
Féile na Gaeilge / Irish Language Day: The Sea / An Fharraige
April 7, 2019
New York City
This full-day immersion for Irish speakers of all levels features music, film, writing, and storytelling workshops exploring Ireland’s relationship with the waters that surround it. Hear stories of sirens and selkies in the language in which they were originally told, sing sea shanties and ballads, watch a cooking demo of a classic Irish seafood dish, and take in an award-winning film, all while practicing your conversation skills with our diverse and welcoming Gaeilge community.
For full details, go to https://irishartscenter.org/event/feile-na-gaeilge-irish-language-day-2019
Source: Irish Arts Center
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Title: Cultural Brain Breaks for Spanish Class
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Your InterCom editor loves it when teachers share their favorite brain breaks, which are quick, movement-oriented activities that re-energize and re-focus students between other, longer activities. In this blog post, Carolina Gómez shares three traditional games from Spanish-speaking countries that make great brain breaks: https://spanishmama.com/brain-breaks-for-spanish-class/
Source: Spanish Mama
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Title: Love Songs for a Spanish Health Unit
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Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell writes, "Love is amazing, but man, it can hurt. At least, that’s what pop music says!
"Indeed, the metaphors involving love and sickness, pain, and medicine abound in pop music. That means a health unit rivals any other theme in the contest for most applicable music options!"
Read on for ten songs that Cottrell recommends for health units - you'll definitely notice a thematic pattern! https://musicuentos.com/2019/03/spanish-songs-health-unit-duele/
Source: Musicuentos
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Title: Bilingual Parent Institute
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From https://www.idra.org/events/la-semana-del-nino-parent-institute/
The Intercultural Development Research Association will hold its annual La Semana del Niño Parent Institute on April 5, 2019, in San Antonio, Texas. This annual institute offers families, school district personnel and community groups from across the country the opportunity to network, obtain resources and information, and receive training and bilingual materials on IDRA’s nationally-recognized research-based model for parent leadership in education. The institute is interactive and participatory. All presentations are bilingual (English-Spanish).
For more details, go to https://www.idra.org/events/la-semana-del-nino-parent-institute/
Source: IDRA
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Title: The Workshop Approach and How It Can Support English Learners
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In this article, Valentina Gonzalez describes show she uses a reading workshop approach with her students as they read independently. She then summarizes ways in which this approach is especially beneficial for English learners, and she provides additional accommodations that teachers can use with this approach.
Read the article at https://seidlitzblog.org/2019/02/13/the-workshop-approach-and-how-it-can-support-english-learners/
Source: Seidlitz Education
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Title: Strategies to Get Students Participating in Conversations
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From https://www.kqed.org
Talk Moves and Socratic Circles are two strategies that give everyone in class, including language learners, a platform for joining in classroom conversations. Read more about talk moves and watch a short video explaining the technique here: https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/53108/giving-students-stepping-stones-for-participation-to-lift-up-their-voices
Source: KQED
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Title: Overly Cluttered Classrooms and English Learners
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Judie Haynes writes, "Research shows that an overly cluttered classroom can be more of a distraction than an aid to learning. Children, particularly those in the early grades and those with special learning needs (this includes English learners; ELs), are easily distracted by a cluttered classroom. My friend and early child education expert Karen Nemeth wrote a guest blog for TESOL about this topic in April 2017. I’d like to add some more details about the research. Although all of this research was completed using the general school population, it certainly applies to ELs."
Read the full blog post, which includes a discussion of the key environmental influences on student learning and a recommendation for 20-50% of empty wall space, at http://blog.tesol.org/overly-cluttered-classrooms-and-el-learning/
Source: TESOL
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