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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

3-19-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

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






The Best (Or, At Least, The Most Interesting) Posts On Teacher Attire
I’ve worn a sport coat and tie everyday during my ten year teaching career (except for when we go on field trips to San Francisco and to Yosemite), and have explained my rationale for doing so in previous posts that have garnered many comments (I’ll link to them later in this post). Recently, the topic of teacher attire has been in the news lately, and I thought it would be useful for me to bring


My New Podcast: “How Can We Get All Students in Our Classes Thinking & Learning All the Time?
How Can We Get All Students in Our Classes Thinking and Learning All the Time? is the topic of my latest nine-minute BAM! Radio podcast (it will also be a topic next month in my Education Week Teacher column). My guests are Bill and Pérsida Himmele, and Jim Peterson.

The Best Sites For Learning About India
We’re going to be studying India next week in my Geography class for English Language Learners. I’ll be adding this to A Beginning List Of The Best Geography Sites For Learning About Asia & The Middle East. Here are my choices for The Best Sites For Learning About India (additional suggestions are welcome): National Geographic For Kids: India TIME For Kids: India Snaith Primary School: India

Videos About China
We’re studying China in my Geography class for English Language Learners. Here are some new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About China: Top Attractions of China is a series of good videos.

Infographic: “The Global Guide to Hand Gestures”
I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures: Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually.




3-18-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “To Help ELLs, We Need To Understand ‘How Language Learning Works’”To Help ELLs, We Need To Understand ‘How Language Learning Works’ is my latest post over at Education Week Teacher. Today, staff from Stanford’s “Understanding Language,” Mary Cappellini and Paul Boyd-Batstone share their thoughts. I’ve also included comment