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• ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students


• No Child Left Behind: Information and Resources


• Conferences and Events


• ESOL in Elementary Education Interest Section (EEIS)


• English as a Foreign Language Interest Section (EFLIS)


• ESL in Bilingual Education Interest Section (BEIS)


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• TESOL Publications for Educators

Access the Latest Primary Ed Documents:

• CALL Essentials: Principles and Practice in CALL Classrooms
  In CALL Essentials, Joy Egbert discusses the principles and practice of using computer-assisted language learning in all levels of classroom instruction. She offers practical advice on how computers and the Internet offer innovative teachers exciting ways to enhance their pedagogy and capture their students' attention.
• Position Statement on the Preparation of Pre-K-12 Educators for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the United States (October 2003)
  TESOL holds that all pre-K–12 educators need to receive specialized training and preparation in the skills necessary to effectively manage culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms.
• Content-Based Instruction in Primary and Secondary School Settings
  Content-based instruction (CBI) challenges English language educators to teach English using materials that learners encounter in their regular subject-area classes. This volume helps ESL and EFL teachers meet that challenge by providing them with creative ways to integrate English language learning with the content that students study at primary and secondary levels.
• Guide to Professional Development in TESOL
  The paths to professionalism in the field of TESOL are as diverse as the profession itself. This guide helps orient readers towards opportunities to enhance professionalism.
• Discuss Your Views: TESOL Quarterly Forum Online
  Subscribers can access an online bulletin board to discuss topics raised in the TESOL Quarterly Forum.
• Parent Guide to the ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students: Introduction and Common Questions
  In 1997, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) published ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students. Some parents want to know what these ESL standards mean for their child who is learning English as a second language. How will this document affect their child's education? How can it be used to improve the services the school district offers to their child? Are there negative consequences to implementing these standards? This guide answers these questions for the parents and educators of English as a second language (ESL) students.
• Reading and Writing in More Than One Language: Lessons for Teachers
  Mainstream teachers in elementary and secondary classrooms who work with nonnative-English-speaking students will read this book and want to discuss its practical suggestions with their peers. ESOL teachers will read it and want to join the conversation. Any K-12 teacher who values the richness that bilingual and multilingual K-12 students bring from their communities to their classrooms will come away from this book wanting to examine and strengthen personal practice.
• Managing ESL Programs in Rural and Small Urban Schools
  This volume describes how a small program of services can fit into the standards movement and how to staff such a program. It contains a wealth of suggestions for instruction, student assessment, program evaluation, parent and community involvement, and multimedia resources for the education of second language learners in low-density communities.
• Kids Come in All Languages: Reading Instruction for ESL Students
  This comprehensive text offers background information on reading, ESL instruction, and ESL learners as well as specific instructional strategies recommended by experts.
• School Administrators' Guide to the ESL Standards (PDF)
  This resource shows administrators how to use all the ESL standards products to establish goals that measure compliance with federal guidelines and goals that are aligned with the school accreditation process. Examples of schoolwide and classroom-based instructional approaches are included.
• PACE Yourself: A Handbook for ESL Tutors
  PACE Yourself is for inexperienced or volunteer tutors of ESL. This handbook does not aim to make overnight experts of novices. Rather, the authors provide an easy-to-follow guide for people who want to tutor small groups of nonnative speakers of English but do not know how.
• Implementing the ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students Through Teacher Education
  Written by experienced ESL teachers and teacher educators who played key roles in TESOL's Standards and Assessment Project, this volume gives teachers the necessary background to work effectively with linguistically and culturally diverse populations in U.S. public schools. Each chapter contains tasks designed to assist readers in the implementation process. The volume also includes a glossary of terms and a comprehensive list of references promising to be a rich resource for teachers.
• Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice: Grades Pre-K-2
  The four volumes in Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice show teachers how to use the standards. The series covers four sets of grade levels: pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Each volume contains six units, some designed with a particular grade level or proficiency level in mind, others designed to span grade and proficiency levels.
• Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice: Grades 3-5
  The four volumes in Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice show teachers how to use the standards. The series covers four sets of grade levels: pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Each volume contains six units, some designed with a particular grade level or proficiency level in mind, others designed to span grade and proficiency levels.
• Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice: Grades 6-8
  The four volumes in Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice show teachers how to use the standards. The series covers four sets of grade levels: pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Each volume contains six units, some designed with a particular grade level or proficiency level in mind, others designed to span grade and proficiency levels.
• Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice: Grades 9-12
  The four volumes in Integrating the ESL Standards Into Classroom Practice show teachers how to use the standards. The series covers four sets of grade levels: pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Each volume contains six units, some designed with a particular grade level or proficiency level in mind, others designed to span grade and proficiency levels.
• TESOL Award for Teacher as Classroom Action Researcher
  Any instructor who is a TESOL member, who has at least 5 years of English language teaching experience, and who has completed a significant classroom action research project is eligible to apply. This award recognizes excellence in action research on English language teaching and learning in an ESL/EFL classroom. The award is sponsored by the College Board.
• Visit the U.S. Advocacy Action Center
  TESOL's U.S. Advocacy Action Center includes detailed information on the U.S. Congress including a congressional directory, legislation and bills, and communication tools.
• How to Get Copies of TESOL Quarterly Articles
  Information for subscribers and nonsubscribers on where to get copies of individual TESOL Quarterly articles.

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