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Cultivating Belonging in the Classroom: 2 Practical Activities

As someone who researches identity and belonging, I have spent many hours talking to people about how they feel about their place in school and society and how they position themselves in relation to others.

Author: Naashia Mohamed

4 Android Features That Can Help ELs

Last month, we talked about how English learners (ELs) can use a number of features built into the iPhone to help them on their language learning journey.

Author: Brent Warner

10 Dead Ideas in Professional Development

Because October ushers in the Day of the Dead celebration, it seems fitting to take a moment to honor some of the cherished ancestors of modern-day professional development (PD). 

Author: Laura Baecher

4 Ways Teachers of ELs Differ From Reading Teachers

“Are you teaching them to read?” asked the custodian as she unlocked the door to my classroom.

Author: Barbara Gottschalk

6 Strategies to Balance the Use of L1 and English in the ESL Classroom

During a recent Twitter chat, a teacher of multilingual learners (MLLs) wrote that she was struggling with a class of fifth and sixth graders who persisted in speaking their home language (Spanish) in class.

Author: Judie Haynes

Exploring the World of Walking Simulators: Using Games as Narrative Text

In this month’s blog, I wanted to dive into the genre of video games commonly referred to as “walking simulators.”

Author: Jeff Kuhn

4 Steps to Get Started With Translanguaging

It can be challenging to move from a mostly monolingual English classroom to a more multilingual, inclusive one.

Author: Hetal Ascher

STEM and ELT: 9 Strategies to Help ELs Learn Science (Part 1)

I am very excited about the topics for the next two months because I will be focusing on strategies that all teachers can use to help English learners (ELs) be successful contributors in the science classroom no matter their level of language proficiency.

Author: Darlyne de Haan

Frolleagues: Why Friendships at Work Matter

In an earlier blog I suggested that our strengths and skills in the professional sphere are interconnected with our personal growth and development, and that admonitions to separate the personal from the professional may not be realistic or helpful.

Author: Laura Baecher

5 Built-in iPhone Features That Can Help ELs

With the launch of new a iPhone inevitably comes a new iOS.

Author: Brent Warner

3 Ways to Harness the Power of Translanguaging

When 14-year-old Zena moved from Turkey to New Zealand, she was apprehensive about going to school.

Author: Naashia Mohamed

What’s Different About Teaching Second Language Reading to Adults?

Early in my career, I used to be jealous of reading teachers.

Author: Barbara Gottschalk

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