ENGLISH LEARNER RESOURCES

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• Revised English Language Development Standards 2012 

• A Close Encounter, Through the Writers' Eyes, of the New ELA/ELD Framework - Webinar, WestEd - Lead writers of the California Department of Education’s English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework for California Public Schools share important understandings included in the new framework.

• Overview of the ELD Standards - This presentation, created by the California Comprehensive Center at West Ed, is a complete overview of the new 2012 California English Language Development (ELD) standards. In addition to addressing the standards, appendices, and glossary, the presentation also outlines implications that the standards will have on curriculum and instruction.

• School and classroom structures for comprehensive ELD instruction, Sonoma County Office of Education, October, 2008​

• ​Structuring Effective ELD Instruction, Sonoma County Office of Education, May 2000

• California Department of Education ELPAC Resource Page​

• Revised English Language Development Standards 2012

• California Migrant Education Web Site - Professional Development Modules on EL Strategies

• Classroom-Tested Tech Tools Used to Boost Literacy

• The Internet TESL Journal

• English Quizzes for Spanish Speakers - Grades 5 and up

• The Word and the World: Technology Aids English-Language Learners

• Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom

• Goldenberg, Claude. "Teaching English Language Learners: What the Research Does - and Does Not - Say."  American Journal, Teaching English Language Learners. 32.2 (2008) 8-23

• Spanish Cognates Dictionary

• Enhancing Academic Achievement of Bilingual Learners - Mora Modules