Ten 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:
Finish the picture is a nice lesson plan from On The Same Page ELT.
Voices of Resistance: Multilingual Identity Formation Through Translanguaging in Dual Language Bilingual Education is a new study.
Six Simple Logic Puzzles for English Class is from Six Things.
‘My grandmother never talked to me again’ is from The Future is Bilingual. I’m adding it to The Best Resources Explaining Why We Need To Support The Home Language Of ELLs,
New lesson plan on the blog A2!!! Are you an Optimist or a Pessimist? Here my Students learn to use ‘will’ for predictions. Fun is guaranteed! via @SerenasBlog1
— Serena’s Blog (@SerenasBlog1) January 13, 2026
Songs and Movements Towards Enriching English Vocabulary of Second Language Learners is a new study. I’m adding it to The Best Music Websites For Learning English.
Helping every learner access the world: reading support for EAL students through adaptive teaching is from The GA Blog.
If Conditionals Were People: Humanising Grammar Through Creativity Part 1
INTEGRATING PODCASTS TO IMPROVE WRITING SKILLS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ELT CLASSROOM is actually a study of the use of dictogloss. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning How To Use The Dictogloss Strategy With English Language Learners.
Bruno Mars ESL Lesson (B2): a 2026 Hit Inspired Narrative Simulation is from Song Activity Factory.
ELL students can watch this video and then talk/write about what they saw: