Time for Talk - WA

A great resource you should all check out! This is where you can find some great pictures to use as stimuli for students discussion. Check it out :)

http://www.det.wa.edu.au/aboriginaleducation/detcms/navigation/teaching-and-learning/health-and-wellbeing/time-for-talk/

Language Iceberg..

As noted in my presentation @ the teachers recall.. What is hidden below the surface of an iceberg is what we need to expose our students to.

Literacy and Oral Language - Implications for Acquisition

Attached is a link to a chapter from the text "Handbook of Early Literacy Research" edited by Susan B. Nueman & David D. Dickinson. It's a lovely meaty article about the importance of oral language and storytelling to improve a childs chance to acquire a language.

http://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=afiqtIdRQGwC&oi=fnd&pg=PA43&dq=oral+language&ots=5wR5OERKYC&sig=5WR3N-wrziItL84itsw2TKS6HeM#v=onepage&q=oral%20language&f=true

Welcome!

Welcome to this, the first post, on my new and first ever blog!

Hopefully this will a sucessful way to share lots of research and practical ideas to support teachers of English as a Second Language learners. Please please please add lots of comments, ideas, links and resources!