Standards-based Lesson Plans

Bilingual/ESL Lesson Plans & projects
http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/classroom/lessons.htm

EverythingESL.net
http://everythingesl.net/lessons/
-Contains content-based ESL lesson plans for beginning through intermediate students.

The Map of Standards for English Learners: Integrating Instruction and Assessment of English Language Development and English Language Arts Standards in California (3rd ed.) by John Carr.
http://www.wested.org/cs/wew/view/rs/678
-Discusses the relation between ELA and ELD standards. Includes sample ELD lesson plans.

Project EXCEL: Los Angeles County Office of Education
http://mas.lacoe.edu/excel/excel.html
-Standards-based lessons and assessment

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Differentiated Instruction for the EL Student

California Department of Education - English Learners: Language and Culture in Education.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/el/

Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence: The Five Standards for Effective Pedagogy
http://www.crede.ucsc.edu/tools/teaching/standards/standards.html

TESOL Statement on the Acquisition of Academic Proficiency in English
http://www.catesol.org/tesolengacq.pdf
-Includes TESOL preK-12 standards and recommendations.

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Differentiated Instruction for Special Needs

Resource Guide: English Language Learners with Special Needs
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/faqs/rgos/special.html
-Includes ERIC documents, books, journals, listservs, etc.

English Language Learners With Special Needs: Effective Instructional Strategies
http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/0108ortiz.html
Web-based article discusses that the overrepresentation of English language learners in special education classes may  suggest that educators have difficulty distinguishing students who truly have learning disabilities from students who are failing for other reasons, such as limited English. Students learning English are disadvantaged by a scarcity of appropriate assessment instruments and a lack of personnel trained to conduct linguistically and culturally relevant educational assessments.

ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics CAL Resource Guides Online English Language Learners with Special Needs
http://www.cal.org/resources/faqs/rgos/special.html
Comprehensive site provides links to a variety of publications and resources to effectively teach English Language Learners.

New Horizons for Learning
http://www.newhorizons.org/spneeds/ell/front_ell.htm
Site provides articles, recommended reading and related links for ELD instruction.

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Interdisciplinary Instruction

Aaron Shepard’s Reader’s Theater Page
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html
Many suitable scripts for ELD children and teenagers.

Internet Picture Dictionary
http://www.pdictionary.com/cgi-bin/browse.cgi?lang=&letter=t
-Free, online, multilingual picture dictionary.

Thematic ESL units by students at Washington State University
http://www.educ.wsu.edu/esl/Thematic_Units.html

Sustained Content Teaching in Academic ESL/EFL: A Practical Approach
http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=RecordDetails&objectId=0900000b80131337&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED448596&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno
This edited volume provides a rationale for and classroom examples of the effective use of content-based instruction in English-as-Second/English-as-a-Foreign-Language (ESL/EFL), in which the study of an academic subject is sustained over time.

Teaching Diverse Learners
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/tl-strategies/be-principles.shtml
The more we understand the personal, socio-cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of bilingual students, the better equipped we will be to provide these students with an effective learning environment. This environment should be one that supports learning in a second language and culture, while fostering a positive attitude and respect for the other language and culture.
 

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Formal & Informal Assessment

California Department of Education Reports on the California English Language Development Test
http://www.catesol.org/
-Includes preliminary results.

CATESOL Survey on the California High School Exit Exam
http://www.catesol.org/
-Teacher feedback on the CAHSEE.

CATESOL CELDT (California English Language Development Test) Survey
http://www.catesol.org/
-Teacher feedback on the CELDT

TESOL ESL Standards for PreK-12 Students
http://www.tesol.org/assoc/k12standards/it/01.html

What Can We Learn About the Impact of Proposition 227 from SAT-9 Scores?
http://www.stanford.edu/~hakuta/SAT9/SAT9_2000/index.htm

SECONDARY ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS EDUCATION INTERN EXIT EVALUATION
http://education.ua.edu/clinical/forms/Language%20Arts%20Exit%20Exam%20Checklist.pdf
PDF document discusses an approach to teaching and learning in the English/language arts classroom. ... needs, interdisciplinary instruction, flexible grouping patterns.

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Additional Web Resources

Activities for ESL Students
http://a4esl.org/

Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence Glossary
http://www.crede.ucsc.edu/tools/glossary.html

Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence Teacher Professional Development Portfolio
http://www.crede.ucsc.edu/tools/teaching/pdp/pdp.html

Jim Cummins' ESL and Second Language Learning Web
http://www.iteachilearn.com/cummins
-Provides information on BICS and CALP, resources for bilingual educators, as well as current research on second language learning.

Karin’s ESL Partyland
http://www.eslpartyland.com
-E-mail exchanges, discussion forums, quizzes, on-line exercises, a job center, and a bookstore.

Kenji Hakuta's Home Page
http://www.stanford.edu/~hakuta/
-Contains a full listing of research findings and papers written by one of the leading psycholinguists in the nation.

Multilingual Academic Support Unit, Los Angeles County Office of Education
http://mas.lacoe.edu/welcome.html
-Professional development resources for teachers, administrators, and parents.

PIZZAZ! (People Interested in Zippy and Zany Zcribbling)
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html
A resource for teachers of English as a second language.

Includes lessons plans, Webquests, etc.
http://www.sitesforteachers.com

Nada’s ESL Island
http://nadabs.tripod.com/

Young Learners Special Interest Group of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
http://www.countryschool.com/younglearners.htm
Includes lesson plans, software, resources, and more for learners 7 to 17.

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Books & Publications

Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence Glossary Online Publications
http://www.crede.ucsc.edu/links/onlinepubs.html

ERIC Clearinghouse on Language and Linguistics
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/
-Some material is available online in full text.

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Teacher Professional Organizations

California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL)
http://www.catesol.org/

California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
http://www.bilingualeducation.org/

National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
http://www.nabe.org/

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
http://www.tesol.org/index.html
International organization with mainly U.S. members.

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Family and Community Resources

All Family Resources
http://www.familymanagement.com/dir/pages/Cool/
-Links on topics such as aging, childcare, and teens. Some in Spanish.

Cal Poly Pomona Asian Name Pronunciation Guide
http://www.csupomona.edu/~faculty_computing/lab/Pronunciations/Pronunciation/

How to Start Older Kids on a Foreign Language
http://www.multilingualchildren.org/getting_started/serial_learners.html
Excellent information in readable format of how children can acquire second language.

Multilingual Children Organization
http://www.multilingualchildren.org/
An entire site dedicated to kids growing up with multiple languages -- expert advice and real world wisdom, parent discussions, tips, resource directory, articles and more.

National Center for ESL Literacy
http://www.cal.org/ncle/
-Resources for adults.

School Choices: The Citizens’ guide to Education Reform
http://www.schoolchoices.org/index.html

Systran Information and Translation Technologies
http://www.systranbox.com/systran/box
-Allows machine translation to and from English and other languages

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Multimedia Resources

Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence Lesson Lab
http://www.crede.ucsc.edu/tools/teaching/lesson_lab.html
-Interactive lessons, transcripts, readings, and links

Stanford University CLAD Program
http://clad.stanford.edu/
-Three online CLAD courses: second language acquisition, methods, and SDAIE/Sheltered Instruction. Some parts (readings, video lectures) are publicly available.

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Instructional Technology Resources

ERIC Clearinghouse on Education and Technology
http://ericit.org/
Index of reports, papers, articles, and more

A Trip to New York
http://www.geocities.com/fhn532/
A lesson plan for ESL teachers that incorporates computer technology into language teaching

Video Case Studies of Effective Practices: ELD Strategies for Beginning ELL http://www.sonoma.edu/lightbridge/lessons/video_case_studies_of_effective_practices/1/nav4/introduction.html