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Project-based learning is a teaching approach in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world, meaningful projects. Students develop knowledge and experience while purposefully using their language skills. Research shows this to be one of the most effective ways to engage adult…
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Explore this collection of resources to deepen your own knowledge about building a culturally responsive learning environment, and apply this information to recognize and celebrate the diverse backgrounds, identities, strengths, and challenges of your students in an inclusive ESOL classroom.
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The ESOL teacher facilitates language learning using a variety of rigorous instructional methods and relevant materials to optimize student engagement, encourage productive struggle, foster critical thinking, and address the needs of a diverse class of students. Explore this collection of…
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Beginning-level English learners require special support to build their literacy skills, especially if they have limited or interrupted prior education and/or any type of learning differences or disabilities. This collection of recommended teaching resources includes materials designed specifically…
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Digital Promise, an organization working toward equitable education systems, has created a self-study guide to support teachers in exploring learner variability and using the Learner Variability Navigator, a free online tool that translates the science of learner variability into easily accessible…
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At the foundation of ESOL instruction are principles of Second Language Acquisition. This collection, newly updated in fall 2022, includes an overview of key SLA theories and a selection of instructional resources describing the effective application of these principles in the ESOL classroom.
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To meaningfully evaluate student learning, the ESOL instructor needs to understand and apply the principles of backward design. This includes planning meaningful summative assessment aligned to learning objectives, while engaging learners in self-assessment and formative assessment along the…
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In her October 4, 2022, post on the Cult of Pedagogy blog, Jennifer Gonzalez shares a collection of online resources for teachers to teach and examine history through a critical and inclusive lens. The resources include educational readings, videos, podcasts, images, primary sources, and lesson…
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In this article about the history of preferential hiring practices favoring native English-speaking teachers over non-native speakers, the authors explain the development of this discriminatory tendency in the English language teaching (ELT) field. In addition to documenting the history and…
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In a series of articles recently published in Language magazine, the authors present a reconceptualized version of the field of English language teaching (ELT) which has been decentered from whiteness. Their exploration focuses on three related areas of ELT: classrooms, training and labor, and…
