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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

2-25-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:











My New BAM! Podcast: “How Can We Better Support English Language Learners?”
What Do We Need to Do to Better Support English Language Learners? is the subject of my latest nine minute BAM! Radio podcast with guests Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. and Judie Haynes. Karen and Judie are both contributors to an upcoming column at my Education Week Teacher blog on the same subject.


Impressive Video On Ukrainian Protests
Here’s how the New York Times describes this video: [It mixes] footage of the demonstrators with inspirational speeches on the importance of overcoming fear first spoken by Will Smith, in “After Earth,” and Sylvester Stallone, in “Rocky Balboa.” It was shared at the height of last week’s violence by Pavel Durov, the founder of the most prominent Russian social network, VKontakte. I’m adding it to

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Okay, These Are My Final Resources On Sochi
Okay, this post will contain my final additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games: Our Favorite Moments from the 2014 Winter Olympics is from The Atlantic. 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Comes to a Close is a photo gallery from The Atlantic.
Hot Spot Interview — Report From Venezuela
Three years ago, I began a new regular interview series. There are always lots of “hot spots” around the world — places where there are natural disasters, political upheavals, etc. And English teachers can be found in most of those places. If you are an EFL/ESL teacher in one of those areas, please let me know. Today, I’m lucky to be able to interview Miguel Mendoza from Venezuela (he also shared


2-24-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Learn About Comparatives & Superlatives At My Latest NY Times Post For ELLsMy latest New York Times post for English Language Learners includes a student interactive and teaching ideas. It focuses on comparatives and superlatives. You can see all my previous Times posts for ELLs here.by Larry Ferlazzo / 47min hide  //