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CELEBRATING THE POWER OF BILINGUALISM 
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Instead of focusing on the deficits of English language learners, what if we held up their cultures, languages, unique skills, and life experiences as assets?
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Discover our Expert Panel’s advice on how to identify and support learners with additional educational needs. Pick up practical solutions for creating inclusive language classrooms. Join professional development events on inclusive practices in language teaching.
Via Nik Peachey
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Helping ELL/ESL Students Succeed is a free professional learning community that focuses on supporting ELL/ESL students to improve their academic achievement.
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Against all odds, 28 percent of Scottish people still use it.
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Warren J. Blumenfeld on how laws divide and demean.
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Why do we persist in thinking that standard English is right, when it is spoken by only 15% of the British population? Linguistics-loving Harry Ritchie blames Noam Chomsky Via ghoehn, Claudia Silvina Fochesatto
ghoehn's curator insight,
March 11, 2014 8:42 AM
While the title is quite promising, how the author manages to put Chomsky in the mixture remains a mystery 
Bridget VanHorne's curator insight,
July 31, 2015 9:04 PM
While the title is quite promising, how the author manages to put Chomsky in the mixture remains a mystery
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The liberal arts program is aimed at adult and other nontraditional learners, reflecting the growing trend of colleges expanding their footprint online.
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Online English word search games for adult ESL students and young learners at all levels of English. We have a giant collection of word search puzzles on topics of general interest and educational subjects. Includes easy, medium difficulty, and hard word search games to practise your English spelling and improve your vocabulary. Suitable for classroom use, self study, or just general entertainment and fun! Via Sue Lyon-Jones
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Want to improve your English? KnowbleReader helps you learn by reading English news articles and take customized tests. It’s a free Chrome extension, download it now! Via Nik Peachey
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July 18, 2018 12:45 AM
This is a great tool that helps you to find reading texts that match your level and interests and generates interactive activities to help embed learning and develop your vocabulary and pronunciation. Well worth recommending to students. |
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A new "Speak Your Language" campaign is encouraging schools and parents to preserve home language.
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This from Ethnologue Languages of the World (2018): "The number of individual languages listed for Papua New Guinea is 853. Of these, 841 are living and 12 are extinct. Of the living languages, 840 are indigenous and 1 is non-indigenous. Furthermore, 39 are institutional, 304 are developing, 334 are vigorous, 124 are in trouble, and 40 are dying."
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Countable and uncountable nouns list with examples Via Learning Basic English vocabulary and grammar
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This paper presents and discusses the findings of ten semi-structured interviews with community language teachers (primarily of Gumbaynggirr) regarding their approaches to, and perceptions of their language education practice, including their
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A modern day "Pedagogy of the Oppressed?" (Freire)
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I find it hard to believe that foreign-language instruction is an economic imperative, especially since so many people around the world learn English.
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National Review executive editor Reihan Salam writes, "Learning a foreign language can be enormously enriching. But when we consider how many U.S. adults are functionally illiterate, it is not obvious to me that foreign-language learning should be our highest priority. I’ll settle for English-language learning, which is woefully inadequate." While Salam doesn't rule out the importance of learning a foreign language, he maintains that it should not be "at the expense of the teaching of basic literacy and numeracy skills."
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Keep the language learning fun going by incorporating more apps in your study routine. Here are 29 of the best language-learning apps for the serious learner! Via Billy Brick, Claudia Silvina Fochesatto
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The CARLA Update gives second language teachers timely information on practical resources and professional development opportunities offered by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota.
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I’m adding this new Newsy video to The Best Resources For Learning The Advantages To Being Bilingual: Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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Jordan Brant wants to help make Mohawk the first language of his people again. Via Charles Tiayon
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HelloTalk acts a sandbox that language learners need to practice their skills outside of the classroom. It's a place to test grammar and knowledge acquired from a structured curriculum enabling students see how the language performs its communication functions. With HelloTalk students connect with native speakers and use their language skills to chat about their specific personal interests — topics that there may not be time for during group classroom interactions Via Nik Peachey
Billy Brick's curator insight,
July 9, 2018 4:44 AM
A useful tool for practice outside the classroom. 
Shireen Chadid El-assaad's curator insight,
October 6, 2018 11:53 PM
HelloTalk: Learn a new language with native speakers! Connectivism is an effective method to learning a new language since one must practice to better get the grasp of the spoken language. |
