http://esl.fis.edu/teachers/idex.htm
This website contains information and advice for mainstream teachers who have ESL students in their classes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NriDTxseog
This video demonstrates American dialects.
http://www.ualberta.ca/~jparadis/ESL-SLI_paradis1.pdf
This study examines grammatical morphology in children learning English as a second language in comparison to monolingual students with specific language impairment.
http://www.englishforeveryone.org/
This site has printable English worksheets for all types of skills.
http://www.colorincolorado.org/
A bilingual site for families and ESOL teachers.
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/
Provides a list of strategies to help build literacy skills. Includes a variety of topics including phonological skills, vocabulary, and fluency.
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
This site contain word games for increasing vocabulary skills.
This website contains information and advice for mainstream teachers who have ESL students in their classes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NriDTxseog
This video demonstrates American dialects.
http://www.ualberta.ca/~jparadis/ESL-SLI_paradis1.pdf
This study examines grammatical morphology in children learning English as a second language in comparison to monolingual students with specific language impairment.
http://www.englishforeveryone.org/
This site has printable English worksheets for all types of skills.
http://www.colorincolorado.org/
A bilingual site for families and ESOL teachers.
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/
Provides a list of strategies to help build literacy skills. Includes a variety of topics including phonological skills, vocabulary, and fluency.
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
This site contain word games for increasing vocabulary skills.
http://www.teachingvillage.org/2010/05/23/how-to-create-a-jazz-chant-by-carolyn-graham/
This website provides information on how to create a jazz chant.
www.starfall.com
This site is geared toward grades PreK-2. It is an interactive site that teaches phonics, phonemic awareness, and English language development.
www.pals.virginia.edu
PALs is the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening. It is the screening tool for Virginia's Early Intervention in Literacy Initiative. The site offers resources and activities for both teachers in parents in phonological awareness and literacy skills.
http://www.edhelper.com
This site contains reproducibles for helping ELLs in all areas.
http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/semantic-knowledge-1112
This site lists activities to develop semantic knowledge.
This website provides information on how to create a jazz chant.
www.starfall.com
This site is geared toward grades PreK-2. It is an interactive site that teaches phonics, phonemic awareness, and English language development.
www.pals.virginia.edu
PALs is the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening. It is the screening tool for Virginia's Early Intervention in Literacy Initiative. The site offers resources and activities for both teachers in parents in phonological awareness and literacy skills.
http://www.edhelper.com
This site contains reproducibles for helping ELLs in all areas.
http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/semantic-knowledge-1112
This site lists activities to develop semantic knowledge.
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Curzan, A. & Adams, M. (2012). How English works: A linguistic introduction, third edition.
New York: Pearson.
Meyer, D., Madden, D., & McGrath, D.J. (2004). English language learner students in U.S. public schools 1994 and
2000. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, Institute of
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Suarez-Orozco, C., Suarez-Orozco, M. M., & Tordorova, I. (2008). Learning a new land: Immigrant students in
American Society. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Wong Fillmore, L. & Snow, C. (2000). What teachers need to know about language. Paper presented to the Center
for Applied Linguistics.