Eight years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention.
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Here are this week’s choices:
Persuading the Peculiar: a Speaking Game is from On the Same Page ELT.
ELL students could watch these videos and then talk/write about what they saw:
The Effectiveness of Scramble Technique to Teach Reading Skills on Descriptive Text of Seventh Grade Students is a new study. I’m not sure how good it is, but it also refers to other studies on the same technique, and I haven’t seen much research on it. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Creating Sentence Scrambles.
Can Apple’s AirPod Translation Get You Through Tokyo? We Tested It. is from The NY Times. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES TO HELP ELL STUDENTS WITH SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION IN THE CLASSROOM.
Looking Back Before Looking Forward is from A Journey In TEFL. I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Help Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Succeed.
AI Translation Breaks Down Language Barriers in K–12 Schools is from Ed Tech Magazine. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES TO HELP ELL STUDENTS WITH SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION IN THE CLASSROOM.
January Reset or January Damage? – Common Mistakes Language Teachers Make When Returning After the Holidays is from The Language Gym.
Federal English-Learner Grant Returns This Fall Under New Oversight is from Ed Week.