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== = = =National TEOSL Standards= == =Tennessee State Standards for ELLs= == =BICS and CALP= BICS and CALP are different vocabulary/content sets of English language learners. ESL teachers should know the difference between these two sets, and should therefore read this article that explains them. =Supporting Young English Language Learners and Their Families= This is a webpage created by the Department of Heath and Human Services. It has a digest of many good research articles on ELL as well as links to those articles. Additionally, it gives links to various US departments that teachers may need during their careers with ELLs.

=12 Design Principles of Brain-Based Learning=



This webpage provides ideas for Brain-Based Learning in the classroom.

=English and Spanish Cognates= This website provides lists of cognates by category.

=Vocabulary Teaching Ideas=

=Nursery Rhymes= == Use Nursery rhymes as outside reading for your classes.
 * ===Student-Written Dialogues=== || ===Morpheme and Root Awareness=== || ===Using Context=== ||
 * [[image:Dialogue.jpg width="188" height="200" link="http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Walker-StudentDialogs.html"]] || [[image:prefix.jpg width="265" height="231" link="http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Pittman-BuildingVocabulary.html"]] || [[image:context.jpg width="356" height="200" link="http://www.suite101.com/content/teaching-vocabulary-in-context-a38469"]] ||

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