The Best Resources for ESL/ ELL Teachers
Introduction: Technology can be a huge asset to English Language Learners on a number of levels:
* Since one of the best ways for anyone to develop their literacy ability is to read about topics in which they have high-interest, the thousands of fiction and non-fiction online stories available online and provide audio, visual (and, often, animated) support for text dramatically increases the accessibility and variety of challenging readings available to ELL’s.
* The willingness to take risks is a critical quality of a successful second language learner. The countless free sites that provide immediate error correction -- that no one else sees -- are invaluable confidence-building tools to help students feel more comfortable using their new language skills in different contexts.
* There are many ways technology with ELL’s can be maximized to help students develop and strengthen face-to-face relationships. An arborist once told me that redwood trees can grow very tall on their own, but they really reach their towering heights when they are in groves. Being in the same place allows their roots to interconnect and provide the support necessary to skyrocket. The same is true, I believe, for our students. Students using these tools entirely on their own can be helpful. But it’s when we use them to help students relate to -- and work with -- each other is when tech can be used most effectively to enhance student achievement in language and other areas.
Here are a few of my favorite tools that achieve these goals (in order to be on this list and, in fact, in order for me to use any web tool at all, it has to be easy enough for a non-tech-savvy individual to learn to use in under a minute).
Larry Ferlazzo
Larry Ferlazzo teaches Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced English Language Learners (as well as native English speakers) at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. (Learn more about Larry in the author pages at the end of this book).
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