Eight 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.

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Here are this week’s choices:

Celebrating International Mother Language Day is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For International Mother Language Day.

Long-Term English Learners Infographic is from OELA. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Supporting Long-Term English Language Learners.

https://t.co/FX9rPF6crJ #ELL2point0 pic.twitter.com/IuBCVMW5wq

— 🌍 Dr. Michelle Shory 💻 (@michelleshory) January 20, 2025

‘Math talk’: Wheaton teacher uses visuals, language to educate multilingual learners

I’m adding this post to The Best Posts On Looking At Our Students Through The Lens Of Assets & Not Deficits:

We need to look at English Language Learners (and, in fact, all our students ) the lens of assets, not deficits (and I acknowledge that it’s a challenge sometimes to maintain this perspective)

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM

British Council could disappear within a decade, says chief executive is from The Guardian.

6 Challenges of TEFL Teaching is from The Barefoot TEFL Teacher.

This sounds fantastic!———-This play about learning English is a timely and brilliant must-see www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM

🔗 To infographic pdf:https://t.co/7rfwNdF2v5

We are proud to be funded by and/or collaborating with @StA_IEI @TESOL_Assn @OASIS_Database @uandresbello @OpenAppLing

— TESOLgraphics (@tesolgraphics) January 24, 2025

Art Saved My Life When I Was a Student. Now, It’s Helping My Multilingual Learners. is from EdSurge.

3 Literacy Strategies for Bringing Joy to Multilingual Learning is from ASCD.

The benefits of speaking multiple languages is from Science Daily. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning The Advantages To Being Bilingual.

I’m adding these tweets to The Best Resources On ESL/EFL/ELL Error Correction:

An error correction study trialling an interesting technique aimed at eliciting deep processing. pic.twitter.com/wjwTlM4Vwa

— Dr Gianfranco Conti (@gianfrancocont9) February 1, 2025

Focused error correction targeting a very narrow range of errors is much more effective than comprehensive error correction or error correction with a broad focus.
(Bitchener, 2008; Bitchener & Knoch, 2008, 2009, 2010a, 2010b; Ellis, Sheen, Murakami, & Takashima, 2008; Sheen,…

— Dr Gianfranco Conti (@gianfrancocont9) February 1, 2025

Which approach to error correction is more effective is still controversial, as this extract from a study by Catherine G. Van Beuningen, Nivja H. De Jong, Folkert Kuiken (2011) rightly asserts. In this upcoming workshop on Written Corrective Feedback I will address these issues… pic.twitter.com/c8TJCWHco2

— Dr Gianfranco Conti (@gianfrancocont9) February 1, 2025

It appears that VOA Learning English, an excellent resource, stopped producing new content in late April

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) June 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM

Apple just announced a couple of useful updates. One, they’ll provide simultaneous translation on texts and Facetime calls (see video below). And Apple Music adds lyrics translation and pronunciation features in iOS 26.