Bilingual and ESL Resources

Articles & Newsletters

Hands-on English
A 16-page print publication for teachers of adult ESL students. The publication is mailed six times a year with practical teaching ideas, hints & tips, and copyable activities for the classroom. It's written by teachers for teachers and is 99% jargon-free!
www.handsonenglish.com/

Kidspeak: How Children Acquire Language
Book chapter on how children develop language skills. From The Language Web by Jean Aitchison, published by Cambridge University Press, 1997.
www.fathom.com/course/10701036/

Seeing English Learners Through New Eyes
This article demonstrates the value of using English learners' native languages in the classroom. From Essential Teacher (March 2005).
www.tesol.org/s_tesol/sec_document.asp?CID=824&DID=3403

Works4Me Tips on Foreign Language Instruction
Reviewing techniques for studying a foreign language. From NEA.
www.nea.org/tips/content/foreign.html

Curriculum Resources

Hispanic-American History
Curriculum resources about Hispanic Americans, their impact on this country, when parts of it were theirs, and now. From About Web site.
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/hispanicamerican/

Web Sites

Colorín Colorado
Colorín Colorado provides information, activities, and advice for Spanish-speaking parents and educators of English language learners (ELLs). The site's "For Educators" section offers research-based resources for teachers and paraprofessionals, including information to help them better understand and address the needs of Latino ELL students, tips on the placement and assessment of ELL children, and ideas to foster stronger parent-teacher partnerships.
www.colorincolorado.org

NCELA (formerly NCBE) - Language & Education Links
The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) site provides links to organizations and resources for effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners. The site also includes special pages for teacher training programs and bilingual parenting.
www.ncela.gwu.edu/resabout/

OELA (formerly OBEMLA)
The Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA) was established in 1974 by Congress to help school districts meet their responsibility to provide high quality education for limited English proficient students (LEPs). OELA's Web site is a source of contacts, organizations, grant news, and other information.
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/index.html?src=mr

ESLoop
Collection of sites relevant to English language teaching and learning on Web. Each site is linked to the next, so that no matter where you start, you will eventually make your way around all the sites and end up back at the beginning. The ESLoop was intended to give you a more linear way of browsing, to help with demonstrations, and to form a fun association of those with ESL pages on the web. ESLoop sites feature student projects and activities to scholarly papers to English for Science and Technology and job opportunities.
www.linguistic-funland.com/esloop/esloop.html

Updated December 2007.