English Language Learners in the classroom
I am interested in ideas on how technology can be useful to support students who are using English as a second language. I am interested in Elementary ages in particular.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa Leon on -
I teach ESL for middle school. But one thing I use is tumblr. Students can write blogs in English. You could also use http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/construct/ its a site where students construct words. There a few sites that will read books to children like this one http://www.storylineonline.net/.
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Permalink Reply by Anne Pemberton on -
Helen,
Here is the link you want to check out. There are great resources on this Ning and discussion that can make your job easier:
English as a Foreign Language
http://eflclassroom.ning.com/index.php
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Permalink Reply by Frankie Houston on -
Have you tried the Rosetta Stone Language Program? It is fantastic for limited English learners and the younger kids.
Frankie Houston
ESL Teacher
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Permalink Reply by Helen Crompton on -
These are all wonderful ideas. Thank you
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Permalink Reply by Denise Stewart on -
My colleagues and I, all teachers who cover grades K-12, created a website dedicated to ELLs and their teachers. The site offers many language building activities for ELLs as well as academic content sites that could provide background support for ELLs who may have limited knowledge of the content area.
www.ellteacherpros.com
www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com
Denise:)
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Permalink Reply by Helen Crompton on
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Very useful, thank you.
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Permalink Reply by Denise Stewart on
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One more site---www.readwritethink.org. I just finished doing a presentation at the statewide conference for CABE (California Association of Bilingual Educators www.bilingualeducation.org). It is an awesome site developed by the NCTE and the IRA (National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association). As I led teachers and administrators through the site, I could see childlike delight in their eyes as I highlighted all the goodies in the site. In fact, one principal from New Mexico wants me to go to his site this summer to address his staff on this and the NCTM website (National Council of Teachers of Math). I have two more presentations tomorrow on Moodle and Inspiration.
Denise
www.ellteacherpros.com
www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com
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Permalink Reply by Helen Crompton on
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This is great Denise, Good luck with other other two presentations. I will certainly be looking at these two sites.
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Permalink Reply by Grace Gorman on
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We use Rosetta Stone in grades 1 through 4 to instill confidence and increase vocabulary. The students love it. We Skyped with schools in the United States and presented aspects of Peruvian culture. Now we are starting to use a wiki as a way to respond to stories we read.
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Permalink Reply by Denise Stewart on
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My district bought Rosetta Stone a few years ago. Yes, the kids really like it (and I am talking about high school believe it or not), but with the pressures of adopting a new textbook, benchmarks, and pacing calendars, there is no time to do it. What a pity:(
Denise
www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com
www.ellteacherpros.com
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Permalink Reply by Grace Gorman on
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We included one period a week for Flexible Grouping. Some children go to a remedial teacher, another goes to Rosetta Stone and the third works with the teacher or in groups and then they switch. We also discovered that the kids would even stay after school to use it or come in early in the morning.
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Permalink Reply by Katy Scott on -
I taught ELL students for five years, and blogging was the best thing I ever did. My 4th graders blogged an hour a week, and their writing scores were 20% higher than their peers. (Try classblogmeister.com -- it's pretty easy for kids; I've used it with first-graders.)
Videos and podcasts also help their verbal skills a TON. (Look into Audacity or iPadio for podcasting.)
Presentation tools really helped them, as well -- creating ActivInspire flipcharts or Prezis and then orally presenting them to class. (Here are a ton of FREE presentation tools that could help.)
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