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Title: French Reading Resources
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Larissa Aradj, AKA Mrs Geek Chic, has compiled a collection of links to online French reading resources. Access her list here: http://www.mrsgeekchic.com/
Source: Mrs Geek Chic
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Title: Spanish Jokes for Elementary Learners
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From https://funforspanishteachers.com
Your InterCom editor loved Dad jokes, and apparently so does Carolina Gómez. Here are fourteen Spanish or bilingual Spanish/English jokes that are likely to tickle elementary learners' funny bones: https://funforspanishteachers.com/2019/07/spanish-jokes-for-elementary-school/
Source: Fun for Spanish Teachers
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Title: Video about Colombian Artist Fernando Botero in Colombian Sign Language
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Here is an embedded link to a short video in Colombian Sign Language with Spanish subtitles about Fernando Botero's work, with a downloadable set of comprehension questions: https://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/billetes-museo-botero-en-lengua-de-senas/
Source: Zambombazo
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Title: Project-Based Learning for English Learners
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From https://www.smartbrief.com/original/2019/07/5-ways-make-pbl-work-ell
5 ways to make PBL work in ELL
Elizabeth Leone
July 2, 2019
"When I think about my 'why' for teaching project-based learning I think of a particular student I had last year in fourth grade. I’m an ESL teacher for the Newcomer Program at Webster Elementary School in the Manchester School District, New Hampshire. The majority of our students are refugees and immigrants. I use project-based learning in my classroom because of the impact it has for EL students like this particular fourth-grade student. When he joined my class, like many of my students, he knew very little English. Fast forward a year, and his transformation was so incredible that he was selected to do a live video interview with a panel of about 100 administrators describing how PBL has helped him. You never would have guessed he’d barely spoken English a year before! He also described the impact of PBL perfectly. When talking about a project that required research, he said, 'It helped me learn to ask questions.' Another project teamed him up with a partner 'so that helped with communicating,' he said. For another project he wrote letters 'and that helped me [learn to] write information,' he said.
"'When [a teacher] tells you and just gives you worksheets to write everything down, I think that’s boring for most kids and they just want to finish it,' he said. 'But when we do projects, it’s better because you actually get to do something and get some motivation.'
"As a teacher, seeing his interview was an amazing moment because it was proof that what we are doing is working. This is the kind of confidence, courage and growth that I see in my students every day and it shows the impact of quality PBL on students -- particularly EL students."
Read the full article at https://www.smartbrief.com/original/2019/07/5-ways-make-pbl-work-ell
Source: SmartBrief
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Title: Metacognitive Strategies for Long-Term English Learners
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From https://www.empoweringells.com
Tan Huynh unpacks two different groups of English learners who take a long time to exit language services and suggests that teaching metacognition to students so that they are aware of their learning strategies as well as the actual content that they are learning can help them be more independent. He writes, "Students do not become Long-Term English learners by choice. They are just not aware that there are strategies to choose from to improve their learning experiences. When they develop this awareness, their language won’t plateau but will grow towards the sky and beyond."
Read his article at https://www.empoweringells.com/long-term-els/
Source: Empowering ELLs
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Title: Board Games that Promote Language Learning
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From https://kidworldcitizen.org
Becky Morales discusses analog board games that are especially conducive to language growth, such as Guess Who? and Spot It! Read her blog post at https://kidworldcitizen.org/board-games-promote-language-learning/
Source: Kid World Citizen
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Title: Gamification Tools for the Classroom
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Jeff Kuhn continues his three-part series about gamifying the classroom with a discussion of different digital and analog tools for gamification as well as a discussion of whether gamification is inherently a good thing. He writes, "the increased student motivation gained through gamification can be short lived once students realize levels and badges are grades and points by another name."
Read this post at http://blog.tesol.org/gamifying-the-classroom-part-iii-gamification-tools/
Read the first post of the series at http://blog.tesol.org/gamifying-the-classroom-part-i-the-basics/, and the second post at http://blog.tesol.org/gamifying-the-classroom-part-ii-core-motivations/
Source: TESOL Blog
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Title: Google Translate's Instant Camera Translation Upgraded
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The Google Translate camera translation feature is impressive - simply make a sign in the target language appear in your camera, and it will translate it into the language you want. On July 10, the feature was upgraded. With 60 languages added to those that the tool already supported, the instant camera translation tool can translate from 88 languages into over 100. It can also automatically detect the original language of the sign. Neural Machine Translation technology is now used for the camera translations, yielding more accurate and natural results. Finally, the feature has a new look and more intuitive use.
Read about these updates at https://www.blog.google/products/translate/google-translates-instant-camera-translation-gets-upgrade/
If you're wondering how you can use this tool in a language class, check out Leila Tamini Lichaei's Activity of the Week in which students use it for a scavenger hunt: https://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/content/26664
Source: Google
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Title: Design Tips for Teacher-Made Materials
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Gabriela Kleckova writes, "Simply put, well-implemented principles of visual language can support the teaching potential of our materials. Visual design flaws of teaching materials, however, may hinder students’ learning despite the other positive aspects they may have." Given that language learners can benefit from all visual cues on a printed text, these visual design considerations can be impactful for learners of any language. Read Kleckova's blog post for six potential design flaws and how to fix them: http://blog.tesol.org/teacher-made-materials-design-6-flaws-and-fixes/
Source: TESOL Blog
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Title: Activities for Picture Books
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From https://www.spanishplayground.net
Here are fifty different things that your students can do with picture books. Although targeted at Spanish teachers, these ideas should work for any language.
Read this blog post at https://www.spanishplayground.net/book-activities-in-spanish/
Source: Spanish Playground
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