The #EnglishEffect Videos Are Great, & Perfect For A Class Project
The British Council ran a contest last year called #EnglishEffect. Here is how they describe it: Last year the British Council ran a global video competition where people from all over the world sent in videos telling us what English meant to them. The winning video and the others are great for stimulating classroom discussion, and for ideas for making your own. They are absolutely right about the
“What If?” History Presentations By English Language Learners
I’ve written a lot about the “What If?” history presentations that I have my IB Theory of Knowledge students create. Then I make arrangements with their other classes so that they can come in and teach students in my Intermediate English history classes to do the same project (You can see lots of posts, including examples, at The Best Resources For Teaching “What If?” History Lessons. Here are a c
From The Archives: “Getting English-Language Learners to Thrive”
I’ve recently re-started an effort I’ve tried to do previously by regularly highlighting previous posts and articles I’ve shared in previous years that I think might be worth a second look. Today, I’m featuring a piece I wrote for Education Week Teacher several years ago. It’s titled Getting English-Language Learners to Thrive. Here’s an excerpt:
“The Maker Movement Can Give Students ‘A Story To Tell’”
The Maker Movement Can Give Students ‘A Story To Tell’ is Part Two in my Education Week Teacher series on The Maker Movement. Today, Tanya Baker from The National Writing Project discusses implications The Maker Movement has for different content areas, National Teacher of the Year Jeff Charbonneau elaborates further on its connect to STEM, and Leslie Texas and Tammy Jones make a connection to Pro
The New “Connect With English” Site Has Got To Be One Of This Year’s Best New Sites For ELLs
“Connect With English” was produced by Annenberg a number of years ago, and is a great video series for English Language Learners. The series has been free to watch via the web, but you’ve had to purchase student exercise books. I’ve previously our own “worksheet” that we developed for students to use. Though the videos are just beginning to show their age a bit, they’re still wonderful resource
Monday’s List Of New Sochi Resources
Here are new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games: Winter Olympics Activity Toolkit is from The VIF Learning Center. Here’s a neat video from the 1932 Winter Olympics. The Atlantic has a good post about it: Sports Illustrated has a special site with lots of multimedia resources. Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest informatio
Here’s My NY Times Post On Valentine’s Day, PLUS A “Video Bingo” That Didn’t Get Included!
My latest New York Times post for English Language Learners is on Valentine’s Day and idioms. It includes a student interactive and teaching ideas. And here’s a “video bingo” activity that didn’t get included because of space limitations, but I thought readers would find it useful so I’m sharing it here. It’s in four “steps”: 1. Tell students they are going to play a game. First, though, they are
2-9-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Some Very Useful Teaching Resources For SochiHere are the latest additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, and I think they’re particularly useful today: Teaching Sochi 2014 – news and resources round up is from The Guardian. Classroom resources for teaching the 2014 Winter Olympics