Activities for ESL

This website is really awesome. It provides with activities that are translated in foreign languages and English! Also grammar, and vocabulary quizzes!. http://a4esl.org/

A Nation with Multiple Languages

With this title this pdf report starts, telling numbers of immigrants the come to the United states and how this affect/benefit the education system. It gives an overall vision about the current situation here in the U.S and some of the key terms used in ESL. http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/PolicyResearch/ELLResearchBrief.pdf

Classroom challenges

this is a great website that explain the challenges that education is facing right now with ELL students. It also gives guidelines to improve the acquisition of English without losing the native language. I highly recommend to explore this website http://www.netc.org/focus/challenges/ell.php

The ESL network

This website is great. It has many links with websites that are useful for ESL instruction such as quizzes, vocabulary, reading passages, etc. http://www.esl.net/esl_resources.html

Semantic Feature Analysis

Semantic presentation from kouro84

Webquest

Webquest from kouro84

Ten tips for web quest 1. Have objectives before designing it 2. Have clear instructions of how to explore the website and answer the questions 3. Make it interesting by posting videos, interactive websites, etc. 4. Create it in a way that students feel that they are in an adventure 5. Have open questions that allow critical thinking 6. The questions have to be related with the standards and objectives 7. Take your time to design a good webquest 8. Have a t least two questions per website 9. Include different activities from Bloom's taxonomy 10.Incorporate different resources.

How do students' development and experiences affect learning?

How can I tell if a student's language difficulties are because English is his second language or because he has a language disability? I chose this question because I went through the same process that many children face in this current educational system: learning a second language. I know it is hard and it is not something that it can be learned in one year, or two, or three. It is a constant process of acquiring new words,etc. I have felt how people have though that I am stupid or slow because I can't speak sometimes. Many kids feel the same way and I love this article because it focuses in sensitiveness and how teachers should be sensitive about this issue. http://serge.ccsso.org/question_6_4.html