Educational Hotlinks for 
Middle School People
 
Much of the material in these sites can also be very useful to English and Social Studies teachers.


Colorín Colorado
English Language Learners in middle and high School: video and extensive articles.
http://www.colorincolorado.org/webcasts/middle

Dave's ESL Cafe
Terrific mega-site for teachers and students from around the world
www.eslcafe.com

Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent English Language Learners
Complete report, with suggested teaching practices and policies from the Alliance for Excellent Education
http://www.all4ed.org/publications/DoubleWork/index.html

Dvolver
Easy-to-use online cartoon animation maker. Very good for constructing stories and character studies.
http://www.dfilm.com/live/moviemaker.html

English 180
Many activities and audio and video recordings to practice English on demand. In English and Spanish.
http://www.english180.com/lessons.do

English as a Second Language
Fabulous collection of links and resources for teachers and students
www.rong-chang.com

English Interactive
Many progressively challenging activities to learn English. Site is written for speakers of Spanish, from Spain. English is the UK variety. Nicely done.
http://acacia.cnice.mecd.es/~agip0002/auro/inicio.html

English Language Study Related Web Projects
Many unique interactive exercises
www.Aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/projects.html

ESL Teacher Resources, Job Boards, and Worksheets
Teacher resources for ESL, TESOL, and TEFL students in elem. and MS
http://bogglesworldesl.com/

ESLgold
Practice for ESL students and resources for teachers
http://www.eslgold.com/

Improve your English with WritingDEN!
Many tips and tools to help teachers help students write more effectively (Language arts and ESL)
http://www2.actden.com/Writ_Den/index.htm

Instructional Technology Assistance Project
Short how-to videos on using technology in ESL. Cool
http://www.otan.us/Itap/index.cfm?fuseaction=videogallery

Integrated Reading and Writing Lessons for English Language Learners
Book, for sale. Some chapters online.
http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idProduct=8989

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Free online versions of the journal start 3 years before the current year (i.e. in 2008, the latest free versions will be from 2005)
http://www.multilingual-matters.net/beb/default.htm

Language Library - Peace Corps
TEFL and TESL teaching resources from the Peace Corps
http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=library.language

Larry Ferlazzo, Teacher
Links to hundreds of sites on learning English, from an award-winning teacher
http://www.bayworld.net/ferlazzo/english.html

Lauri's ESL Website
Lots of teaching resources
http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/

Learning technology teacher development blog for ELT
A blog on using technology in teaching English to non-English speakers. Heavy duty
http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/

Make Beliefs Comix
Online educational comic generator for kids of all ages
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

Making Science Accessible to English Learners
A guidebook for teachers, published by WestEd (for sale)
http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/799?x-t=we.chap.view

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction and Programs (NCELA)
US Dept. of Education’s web clearinghouse for English Language Learning
www.ncela.gwu.edu

NCTE Position Paper on the Role of English Teachers in Educating English Language Learners (ELLs)
Article
http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/div/124545.htm

Pandorabots
Online robots that can write back or speak back to teacher or student from written input! Great for student conversational practice. Scroll down to bottom of start page and click on Talk to A.L.I.C.E for the writing version. Click on Talk to Lauren for the robot who speaks.
www.pandorabots.com/botmaster/en/home

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Outstanding collection of listening activities, tutorials, ESL study guides, and teacher tips. Also has blog on teaching ESL.
www.esl-lab.com

Reading and Understanding Written Math Problems
Article with weblink resources
http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/13281

Six Steps to ELL Lesson Design
How to design meaningful activities to meet students' language proficiency and content needs
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/People/tkopcha/ELL%20website/index.html

Teaching Content Areas
Article with strategies
http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/14336

TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links
Large list of links, nicely categorized
http://iteslj.org/links/

Urgent but Overlooked: The Literacy Crisis Among Adolescent English Language Learners
Issue brief from the Alliance for Excellent Education
http://www.all4ed.org/publications/UrgentOver.pdf http://www.colorincolorado.org/webcasts/middlehttp://www.eslcafe.comhttp://www.all4ed.org/publications/DoubleWork/index.htmlhttp://www.dfilm.com/live/moviemaker.htmlhttp://www.english180.com/lessons.dohttp://www.rong-chang.comhttp://acacia.cnice.mecd.es/~agip0002/auro/inicio.htmlhttp://www.Aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/projects.htmlhttp://bogglesworldesl.comhttp://www.eslgold.comhttp://www2.actden.com/Writ_Den/index.htmhttp://www.otan.us/Itap/index.cfm?fuseaction=videogalleryhttp://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idProduct=8989http://www.multilingual-matters.net/beb/default.htmhttp://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=library.languagehttp://www.bayworld.net/ferlazzo/english.htmlhttp://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/http://nikpeachey.blogspot.comhttp://www.makebeliefscomix.comhttp://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/799?x-t=we.chap.viewhttp://www.ncela.gwu.eduhttp://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/div/124545.htmhttp://www.pandorabots.com/botmaster/en/homehttp://www.esl-lab.comhttp://www.colorincolorado.org/article/13281http://edweb.sdsu.edu/People/tkopcha/ELL%20website/index.htmlhttp://www.colorincolorado.org/article/14336http://iteslj.org/links/http://www.all4ed.org/publications/UrgentOver.pdfshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12shapeimage_2_link_13shapeimage_2_link_14shapeimage_2_link_15shapeimage_2_link_16shapeimage_2_link_17shapeimage_2_link_18shapeimage_2_link_19shapeimage_2_link_20shapeimage_2_link_21shapeimage_2_link_22shapeimage_2_link_23shapeimage_2_link_24shapeimage_2_link_25shapeimage_2_link_26shapeimage_2_link_27shapeimage_2_link_28
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