Online Resources for Teachers of English Learners

Wested's "Schools Moving Up" will be having a live webinar or teleconference about English learners and Language Arts. The webinar will take place on August 20 from 10:30-12:00 Pacific Standard Time. If you miss the webinar, it will later be posted on the website. This is an excellent opportunity to develop research-based strategies on developing academic language in English learners! You can find more information here.

Heinemann is offering a free sample chapter of their newly released book, Comprehension and English Language Learners: 25 Oral Reading Strategies that Cross Proficiency Levels. You can read the chapter by clicking here. If you enjoy the book, you can also purchase it from the ELD Strategies store.

If you belong to www.goodreads.com, you can join our group "Educating English Learners". We will share books and open a discussion forum where we will talk about issues pertinent to the education of English learners. Join now and we will be posting recommended books soon!

We just recently started a yahoo listserve group for teachers of English learners. We would like to increase membership in the group and create an online space where teachers can dialogue with one another and share resources and materials. Please join now and spread the word!!

Soon we will create a facebook page. Stay tuned!! You can also check out our Multilingual Mania site if you are interested in bilingualism.


Purchase these ELD materials for English learners in order to fully develop their proficiency in English language development. This book is recommended for esl teachers, esol teachers, teachers who have been trained in the siop model of language development, and teachers who need assistance with second language acquisition.

Question of the Week

Once a week we will be taking a question of the week and expanding on the question. Now is your chance to ask any question that you have about second language acquisition, English learners, ELD, effective practices for English language development, etc! Feel free to leave your question in the comments section and at the end of the week we will choose one question to answer. The questions that you ask will really help us create posts that are interesting, relevant and pertinent to the needs of our readers.

Remember what you tell to your students--"No question is a stupid question!". We are here to help and assist teacher in any way, and we need you to tell us what it is that you need.

Preparing for the CTEL Test

Lately it appears that many school districts in California are becoming more adamant that teachers receive their certification to teach English learners. One way that teachers can receive their certification is to take classes at a university; many of the extended learning centers for the universities offer certification programs. In California, an additional way to receive your English learner certification is to take the CTEL (California Teachers of English Learners) test.

We've decided that over the next few weeks we will post about topics pertinent to information that might be found on the CTEL test in order to assist any teachers who might be prepping for the test. All the information will also be applicable to any teachers of English learners.

You might also want to take a look at our previous post of must-reads for receiving your English learner certification. Similar states have similar tests, so I am positive that the information found in these materials will be applicable to any state certification!
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