Monday, September 22, 2014

9-22-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

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







“Book Recommendations For Teachers — Part One”
Book Recommendations For Teachers — Part One is my latest post at Education Week Teacher. In Part One of this three-part series, education writer and parent Melinda D. Anderson shares her book recommendations for teachers, as do educator/authors Kelly Gallagher, Cathy Vatterott and Vicki Davis. Here are some excerpts:


Research Studies Of The Week
I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature. By the way, you mi

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New Feature: Five Most Popular Posts Of The Week
© 2010 Paul Townsend, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Today, I’m unveiling what I think will be a new weekly feature sharing the top five most popular posts of the week. These are the posts appearing this blog that received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they have originally been published on an earlier date). Let me know if you find it useful…. Here they are: 1. An ESL Teacher’
More Resources On The World’s Different Cultures
© 2009 William Murphy, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Here are new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures: Around The World In 8 Hospital Meals is from NPR. Hungry Planet: What The World Eats is a TIME slideshow. Global Parenting Habits That Haven’t Caught On In The U.S. is from NPR.


9-21-14 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 Marshmallow Test’: An Interview With Walter Mischel”‘The Marshmallow Test’: An Interview With Walter Mischel is my latest post at Education Week Teacher. I interview Walter Mischel, the creator of the famous Marshmallow Test to measure self-control and its long-term effects. Here are some excerpts: I’m adding it to Th