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Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

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.

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

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

Here are this week’s choices:

Imitation versus Retrieval Practice in Foreign Language Pronunciation Learning is from The Learning Scientists. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Retrieval Practice.

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

Whoever Does the Thinking Gets the Language is from The Barefoot TEFL Teacher.

ChatGPT as speaking partner is from AI in ELT. I’m adding it to THE BEST POSTS ABOUT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITH ELLS.

I’m adding this tweet to The Best Music Websites For Learning English:

One of my most successful posts ever: How to exploit the full learning potential of a song in the MFL classroomhttps://t.co/g7JBBr0Cfl

— Dr Gianfranco Conti (@gianfrancocont9) June 21, 2025

Here’s another video to show ELLs, who can talk/write about what they saw:

Film English is a great site to get ELL lesson plans for popular movies, and they offer a free individual subscription. I’m adding it to The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL.

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

What does research say about providing effective corrective feedback to Chinese learners? ⁰ ⁰This infographic summarises evidence from 13 studies!

🧑‍🏫 Grammatical features & learners’ background can determine the effectiveness of corrective feedback techniques

⬆️ Using a… https://t.co/cBVNxScpLf pic.twitter.com/s6jVM7XfzV

— TESOLgraphics (@tesolgraphics) June 22, 2025