Websites for Working with ESOL Students:
(Gail Johnson & Marilynn Braude)
County Resources
1. http://www.cobbk12.org/esol/esol/iwc.htm
Cobb County International Welcome Center website, contact information
2. http://flesolcobbcentral.typepad.com/iwc/
International Welcome Center Blog, resources and description of services
General Sites for Mainstream Teachers:
1. http://www.lessonwriter.com/default.aspx
Site that offers specific help in scaffolding, assessment, and building vocabulary for content area lessons
2. http://www.worksheetworks.com
Many worksheets and graphic organizers for the content areas
3. http://www.teacherfirst.com/content/ESL/ESLhintintro.cfm
Top ten hints for working with ELLS in regular classrooms, as well as specific strategies linked to classroom practices
4. http://esl.fis.edu/teachers/index.htm and http://esl.fis.edu/teachers/support/commun.htm
Resources and guidelines for working with ELLs, especially for content area teachers; How to help with difficult texts plus links to comprehensible worksheets and tests
5. http://www.cal.org/resources/archive/rgos/mainstream.html
Resources for mainstream teachers
6. http://education.uncc.edu/MORE/StartResources/OnlineRes.htm#C-language_arts
Many links for content area teachers at all levels
7. http://www.tki.org.nz/r/esol/esolonline/strategies_e.php (see #4 below for math only)
Mainstream and ESOL teaching strategies for secondary; sample units with language objectives
Websites for MS/HS Mathematics:
1. http://www.tki.org.nz/r/esol/esolonline/secondary_mainstream/classroom/teaching_maths_e.php
Teaching Math to ESOL Students: General Principles and Background Reading
2. http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/Multicultural/MulticulturalNew/ESOLCurriculumSecondary.htm
Math topics, vocabulary, and translations in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole and Portuguese, sample math activities with ELLs, and multilingual math word wall (in color) cards, ready to print
3. www.funbooklets.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/MATHEMATICS-FOR-ESOL-STUDENTS.doc
Bilingual English/Spanish explanations of terms
4. www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/ESL/LEPmathResource.pdf
Enhanced math scope and sequence, with strategies, for use with ELLs in math
5. http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/FrayerModel.html
Using the Frayer model in mathematics; also has other content areas
6. http://oame.on.ca/main/files/thinklit/FrayerModel.pdf
Expanding math vocabulary with the Frayer model
7. http://www.nwrel.org/msec/images/resources/justgood/11.99.pdf
Teaching Math and Science to ELLs
Web Sites for Specialty/Connections Teachers:
1. www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/
A font of lesson plans in Art, Music, PE, Health, etc. with ESL connections
2. www.pecentral.org
Links to hundreds of lesson plans from teachers all over the world on health and PE
3. soe.ucdavis.edu/ms0708/180sec1/warwickt/web/interventionppt.ppt
Power Point on using music to increase language fluency
4. http://www.esl-galaxy.com/music.htm
Connecting music and language
5. http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/
Art-integrated resources for K-12 classrooms
6. www.pacificnet.net/~mandel
Go to the arts link for many ideas
7. http://www.njcu.edu/cill/vol3/rucinski-hatch.html
Fine art and ESOL-developing language
8. www.state.nj.us/education/frameworks/arts/chap5.pdf
Pages 19-26: Excellent breakdown of instructional adaptations for students with limited English proficiency, including preparation, strategies, vocabulary enhancement ideas, and sample lesson adaptations
9. www.state.nj.us/education/frameworks/chpe/chapter9.pdf
Same as no. 7, but for health and PE (Pages 37-48)
Middle/High School Specific
1. http://escort.org/?q=node/153
Help Kit for teaching Secondary ELLs
2. http://www.alliance.brown.edu/db/ea_catalog.php#M
Downloadable copies of:
Meeting the Literacy Needs of Adolescent ELLs through Content Area Learning
Part 1- Focus on Motivation and Engagement
Part 2- Focus on Developing Academic Literacy Habits and Skills Across Content Areas
3. http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/curriculum/biling/teares-sims-ms-conc-slides.pdf
Samples of working graphic organizers in content areas
4. http://ncela.edstudies.net/practice/mainstream/volume_I.pdf
Educating English Language Learners: Building Teacher Capacity, pp. 28-51 Content area specific ideas for working in regular classrooms
5. http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/Multicultural/MulticulturalNew/ContentAreaFolders/SciencePictureVocabularyCards.pdf
Science vocabulary picture cards for printing, with and without definitions
6. http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/Multicultural/MulticulturalNew/ESOLCurriculumSecondarySS.htm
Social Studies content info
7. http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/Multicultural/MulticulturalNew/ESOLCurriculumSecondaryLangArts.htm
Language Arts content info
8. http://www.wordgeneration.org/proven.html
Videos with Catherine Snow on strategies for word generation
Business Tech Websites for working with ELLs
1. http://jccdrc.jobcorps.gov/ELL/address
This
is the home page for Job Corps and English Language Learners. It has a
wealth of information for all teachers in this area. I gave a related
address to this one to the two after-lunch groups-this is the main page
for ELLs and is well worth visiting.
2. http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Lau-BusinessCommunication.htm
An
article called "Teaching Business Communication to LEP (Limited English
Proficient) Students" specific to mainstream classrooms. Many other
related articles on this academic area can be found on this online
journal site by typing in "business".
Also good for other academic areas.
3. http://esl.about.com
Click on "Business English" in the left-hand column for many articles.
4. http://llt.msu.edu/intro.html
Journal
on second language acquisition and the use of technologies. The summer
2003 issue has an article on "Combining ESOL and Business
Communications in US Classrooms" for example.
