Distance Learning for ELLs

Recommended Resources

Webinars

• Distance learning and ELLs Part I: What do we know so far? (Share My Lesson) | See related resources
• Distance learning and ELLs Part II: What's Working, What's Not, and Getting Ready for Fall (Share My Lesson)
• Supporting ELs in 2020-21: Looking Back and Looking Ahead (SupportEd)
• Practical Resources and Strategies to Teach K-12 ELLs Online (SupportEd)
• Distance Learning for ELLs (Seidlitz)
• Strategies for ELLs' Distance Learning (Saddleback Publishing)

Videos

• Video and Infographic: 7 Tips for Remote Learning (Larry Ferlazzo and Wendi Pillars)

Articles, blogs, and webinars

Blogs, infographics, and more

• Five Structures for Virtual School (Empowering ELLs)
• 6 Key Considerations for Supporting English Learners with Distance Learning (Heather Skibbins, SEAL)
• 10 Ways to Get Students Using Academic Language During Distance Learning and Beyond (Valentina Gonzalez)
• Infographic: Distance Teaching for ELLs (Valentina Gonzalez)
• 4 Buckets Manage ALL Our Virtual School Tech (Middle Web)
• Looking Back at What Worked and What Didn’t (Middle Web)
• 5 Effective Modeling Strategies for ELLs (Edutopia)

Share My Lesson (AFT)

• COVID-19 School Closures: Supporting English Learners During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Spanish version
• Supporting ELLs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Teacher’s Narrative

SupportEd

• Supporting ELs in the 2020-2021 School Year: Resource Padlet
• Reflection Tools for ELs Returning to School in 2020
• Resources for Teaching ELLs Online

TESOL Blog

• PD Opportunities for EL Teachers During Summer by Judie Haynes
• Supporting ELs’ Social-Emotional Learning in a Virtual Classroom by Judie Haynes
• Taking Your Teaching Online by Stephanie Marcotte
• Responding to COVID-19: Educator First Steps by Stephanie Marcotte
• Coronavirus Resources for ELT by Tomiko Breland
• Teaching Writing Online by Betsy Gilliland

Education Week

Larry Ferlazzo is publishing excellent articles and educator contributions on distance learning and ELLs on his blog, Classroom Q & A with Larry Ferlazzo. One recent highlight includes this Q&A collection on using technology with students. Other highlights include:

• Grading ELLs in Content Classes
• Teachers Share Their Online-Teaching Plans
• Strategies for Teaching Online in the Age of the Coronavirus
• The Do's and Don'ts of a Quick Switch to Remote Learning
• What Is and Is Not Working as Educators Transition to Online Learning
• Ten Strategies for Teaching English-Language Learners Online
• Supporting Multiligual Learners 'Through the Storm' of COVID-19

Related research

• The Best Summaries of Research About Online Instruction (Larry Ferlazzo)
• As schools close due to coronavirus, some students face a "homework gap" (Pew Research Center)

Online courses / professional development

• NABE
• Seidlitz
• WIDA
• CAL
• SupportEd
• A. Cooper Consulting: Supporting ELLs
• Immigrant Connections
• Confianza / Teaching Channel
• TESOL
• NYSTESOL
• English Learner Portal
• Dorina Sackman

Social media

#ELLChat: Archives from Twitter Chats

A number of Twitter #ELLchat discussions have focused on distance learning. Learn more about #ELLchat from this overview. (You don't need a Twitter account to browse those resources.)

• Looking Ahead to the Fall: What will online learning look like for ELLs?
• Distance Learning for ELLs During Coronavirus Pandemic
• COVID-19: Will Distance Learning Leave ELLs Behind?

ELL networks

• Twitter: @ColorinColorado
• ELL Educator Group: Facebook group (Colorín Colorado)
• ELLs at Home Idea Exchange: Facebook group
• Advocating for ELLs: Facebook group