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Ten years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention.

You might also be interested in all my Best lists on teaching ELLs.

Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners.

In addition, look for our latest book on teaching ELLs, The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox 2.0.

Here are this week’s choices:

Why Career-Connected Learning Matters for Newcomer Adolescents is from The Internationals Network.

ELL students could watch these videos and discuss/write about the difference:

A video analysis of the difference between dog joining cat and cat joining the dog..
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— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) February 7, 2026

Here’s a recent issue of my favorite ELL journal, Humanising Language Teaching.

New Research on Early Literacy Laws and Multilingual Learners: Lessons From Massachusetts is from West Ed.

Contrastive Pairs: A Powerful Tool for Clarifying Grammar — When Used at the Right Time is from The Language Gym.

10+1 videos on my YouTube channel is from The TEFL Zone.

BE YOUR OWN VALENTINE is from ELTcation. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Learn About Valentine’s Day.

Lesson Planning Essentials #1: Warm-ups and Lead-ins is from Journey in TEFL. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For “Do Now” Activities To Begin A Class.

ELL students could watch this video and then talk/write about what they saw:

 

A Hidden Barrier For English Learners is from ASCD.

How to Fall Back in Love with Teaching is from The Barefoot TEFL Teacher. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Teacher Action Research – Help Me Find More.

ELL students could watch this video and then talk/write about what they saw:

 

     

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I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature.

You can see all my “Best” lists related to education research here.

Here are some new useful studies (and related resources):

Research Bite #56: Updated Meta-Analysis of the Research on Response Cards is from Tips For Teachers.

The Trade-off between Quality and Quantity: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Tutoring

The Effect of Air Pollution on Student Achievement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Causal Evidence

Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Middle School (PRISMS) Toolkit is from IES.

From connections to achievements: investigating the influence of school climate and school membership on adolescent students’ academic achievement

I’m adding Student Feedback Use During Cross-Age Peer Tutoring to THE BEST RESOURCES ON PEER TUTORS.

     

Jon Becker shared this video yesterday on BlueSky.

It’s truly amazing!

The whole contemporary AI debate was predicted in 4.5 minutes of a 1973 episode of Super Friends. (h/t to colleague not on Bluesky)
youtu.be/BLF1k_UXEGc?…

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— Jon Becker (@jonbecker.bsky.social) September 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM

 

     

Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here.

You can also see all my “Best” lists on instructional strategies here.

Here are this week’s picks:

I like the Poetry Comic Strips described in 6 Cool Visual Thinking Activities That Strengthen Student Writing. I’m adding it to The Best World Poetry Day Resources – Help Me Find More.

An Active Learning Strategy for Using Videos in Class is from Edutopia.

I wonder when they’ll try to do this with teachers? https://t.co/MIYzeNxOvk

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) February 26, 2026

Checking for understanding that leads to action: adaptive teaching is from The Education Endowment Foundation.

I am really proud of these two tools. Totally cost-free and ad-free. I hope you and your students find them useful. https://t.co/6wUa5WD7rp

— Craig Barton (@mrbartonmaths) February 26, 2026

How Should We Plan Reading Comprehension Lessons? is by Timothy Shanahan. I’m adding it to The Best Posts On Reading Strategies & Comprehension – Help Me Find More!.

A Low-Stakes Public-Speaking Game for High School Students is from Edutopia.

     

Not Every Instructional Strategy Is a Winner. What to Use and What to Drop is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns.

Educators share the approaches that have been ineffective and those that have proved successful.

Here are some excerpts: