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WIDA - World Class Instructional Design and Assessment Consortium
http://www.wida.us/Dave's ESL Cafe
http://daveseslcafe.comEverything ESL
http://www.everythingesl.net/I Love Languages
http://www.ilovelanguages.com/Illinois State Board of Education: English Language Learning
http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/
This site supports the many teachers of ESOL and their students in Illinois. Some helpful pages on this site include:Services for School Aged Refugee Children
http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/htmls/refugee_services.htmNCLB required Parent Notification Letters in various languages
http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/htmls/parentprogramdescrip.htmCenter for Applied Linguistics
http://www.cal.orgNCELA: National Clearinghouse on English Language Acquisition
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence
http://www.crede.org/The Education Alliance
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/
The Education Alliance of Brown University promotes educational change to ensure equity for all students. A number of programs focus directly on English language learners, including:The New England Equity Assistance Center
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/programs/eac/index.shtmlThe LAB's Teaching Diverse Learners
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/Language and Culture Bulletins from the Office of Multilingual and Multicultural Programs of the Portland (ME) Public Schools
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/programs/eac/langcultbltn/index.shtmlBilingual Research Journal Online
http://brj.asu.edu/TESOL
http://www.tesol.orgNABE
http://www.nabe.orgThe Help! Kit for Teachers from Escort
http://www.escort.orgNational Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning: Publications (1991-96)
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/ncrcdsll/Linguistic Minority Research Institute at UC/Santa Barbara
http://www.lmri.ucsb.edu/Language Policy Research Unit at Arizona State University
http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/lpru.htmKathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/MarcoPolo- Internet Content for the Classroom
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspxSmithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu/National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/
Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/K-8 Aeronautics Textbook
http://wings.avkids.com/
Sites suggested by our friend, Clara Jean Howard!
Free books online! No! Really! http://www.wested.org/cs/tdl/view/tdl_tip/40
Teaching compare and contrast? Try here: http://www.literacymatters.org/18under/cc_activities.htm#
Learning Point offers tips on reading strategies: http://www.learningpt.org/literacy/adolescent/strategies.php
Give students a place to see words and how they connect: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
Online Learning Centre offers lots of tips and information: http://www.tki.org.nz/r/esol/esolonline/secondary_esol/classroom_e.php
Need to get information home? Here's an online translator: http://translation2.paralink.com/Online radio provides that extra listening cue: http://pandora.com/
Here is Illinois State Board of Education's bilingual Spanish handbook: http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/pdfs/ParentbookSp.pdf
Grammar Girl helps with English grammar: English On Line France: free online EFL / ESL Resourceshttp://grammar.qdnow.com/
Rocketboom is a newscast that can help improve listening comprehension: http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/
Need to show where someplace is in the world? http://pebble.nationalgeographic.com/studentatlas/index.html?&themeId=p517
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