Links to resources
Below are links to helpful resources for teachers of English language learners. Each description is followed by a link to the resource.
The TESOL website has helpful information for teachers of ELLs including standards.
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The University of Virginia's PALS website contains practical ideas for teaching phonemic awareness.
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The Omniglot website is an online encyclopedia of writing systems and languages, which can be a useful resource for finding information on students' first languages to explore similarities and differences to English.
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The Center for Applied Linguistics website offers useful information for teachers of ELLs.
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The Reading Rockets website offers research-based strategies to help young children learn to read.
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The Newsela website includes articles on a variety of topics (the arts, politics, science, social studies, etc.) that can be adjusted to the student's reading level. It also has articles in Spanish.
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The One Stop English website has resources for teachers of English language learners that are easy to navigate.
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The Colorin Colorado website is a bilingual resource for teachers and families of English language learners.
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The WIDA website offers assessment of ELLs and encourages academic language development and achievement for linguisically diverse students.
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The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) website is committed to advancing the study of linguistics.
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