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Supporting English Learners’ Literacy Development in a Digital Age
A new post by Jill Castek Lit Beat is back in action! It’s wonderful to have had a bit of the summer to relax, refresh, and explore new ideas. Wishing you an upcoming school year filled with promise....
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Using Strip Designer for Literacy Learning
Using Strip Designer for Literacy Learning “In order to be read, a poem, an equation, a painting, a dance, a novel, or a contract each requires a distinctive form of literacy, when literacy means, as I...
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Access to Texts on a Global Scale
Recently, I had the privilege of working with teacher educators, class teachers and children on a development aid project on literacy in Zambia, Africa. In one classroom I visited there were sixty...
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The Whole-Class Great Debate: A Discussion Strategy for English Language...
By Thomas DeVere Wolsey & Dana L. Grisham A rule of thumb we have come to find helpful in any language learning environment is that the more one uses a language, the more likely it will be that...
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Student Oral Language Observation Matrix: Spreadsheet Style
By Thomas DeVere Wolsey A time-tested standby to help teachers understand English learners’ oral language proficiency is the SOLOM or Student Oral Language Observation Matrix. The instrument is not a...
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Education Dictionaries and Glossaries
By Thomas DeVere Wolsey In August, I published a post with links to discipline-specific glossaries and dictionaries. Because the internet has such a wealth of resources, it is sometimes difficult to...
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Online Cognate Resources for Vocabulary Development
A Guest Post by Patricia Acosta and colleagues Patricia and her colleagues at Eastern Oregon University compiled this list of online resources for vocabulary development using cognates. Thanks,...
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Welcome to Google Hangouts for English Language Learners
Going to a conference is always a good professional development experience. Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to attend the CATESOL Regional Conference in Southern California and attended a...
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What is Translanguaging? Building on the Strengths of Spanish-speaking Children
Dana L. Grisham, Professor (Retired), California State University dana.grisham@gmail.com and Guest Blogger, Shira Lubliner, Professor, California State University, East Bay (Hayward)...
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Aprendiendo con la lectura para los grados superiores La enseñanza eficaz de idiomas se caracteriza por cuatro elementos críticos: Contenido, conexiones, comprensibilidad, interacción. Contenido Las...
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