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English Language Learners are culturally as well as linguistically diverse. Understanding how cultural differences impact the conduct of your ELLs in your classroom will make you a more empathetic and effective teacher. In this blog post, I’m going to discuss 8 features that all teachers need to be aware of
Memorial Day, now celebrated on the last Monday in May, marks the unofficial start of summer in the U.S. You can read about the history and origins of Memorial Day in this blog post I wrote. Memorial Day: To Respect & Remember; image: Depositphotos Some students are already on their
Teaching English Language Learners means, obviously, teaching them the English language. But it also means much more. It includes teaching these students content area subject matter in ways they can understand the material so they can stay on grade level with their English-speaking peers. It’s also important to teach ELLs
(This post was updated March 20, 2023) I have lived in the Muslim-majority countries of Indonesia and Sierra Leone and visited and worked in other countries with significant Muslim populations as well: Turkey, India, China, and Mali. In addition, Muslims comprise about 1% of the population of the United States,
To celebrate Earth Day, this past Saturday I visited Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Located in southern Arizona, it is an archeological site with ruins from the Ancestral Sonoran Desert People culture. Also known as the Hohokam, although their descendants today prefer the former designation, you can see parts of
You know the saying A picture’s worth a thousand words? It may be even more true when teaching English Language Learners. For students who don’t yet have a strong grasp of English vocabulary, using pictures greatly aids comprehension. But digital photography can be used by and with ELLs at all
(This post was updated in December 2024.) I’ve been an environmentalist since, well, almost since birth. After describing how I became an environmentalist, you can find a list of products for yourself and your students in my environmental gift guide. The author camping at various places in the Adirondacks; source:
So many great ideas and resources for using Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality were discussed during Sunday’s #ELLEdTech Twitter chat that I decided to collate them into this blog post. I’ve divided them into the following categories: Articles about Using Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality, Teaching Ideas, and Tools that
When I was a kid, I had a toy called a Viewmaster. You put round cardboard cards, which had little color slides around the perimeter, in a slot at the top, then held it up to your face and toggled a lever to see all the pictures. And wow, the
When I taught my ESL Social Studies classes, I did not do anything special for Women’s History Month because it was hard enough to teach everything in the curriculum frameworks that I was supposed to follow. But I try and infuse my classes with information about women in history during
Happy Spring Festival! That is, Happy Chinese Year! Technically, it began Thursday night but Friday was the first full day it was celebrated in the U.S. It’s now the Year of the Dog, which is the second to last animal in the Chinese zodiac. Dog image in the style of
Teaching ESL can be a lonely job. Quite often, you are the only person in your school who teaches English Language Development to ELLs. But even if you’re not the only such teacher, too often the professional development that’s provided is aimed at regular education teachers to give them training
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