Saturday, November 14, 2009

Tools for Assisting Students who are English Language Learners

Now that half of our population are Ell students there are many tools made to help the students succeed in furthering their education. On this web site it mentions that they use 2 important programs to improve students English skills. The first that is mentioned on this site is called Read Naturally; this is a reading program that improves the English fluency of students. Another tool mentioned on this site is one I am familiar with and it is called Rosetta Stone. Rosetta Stone helps students connect pictures with words. This tool helps students with their vocabulary and it is geared toward each student individually, so that they may be challenged for their level. Some disagree with these tools because some teachers do not have the training for these specific tools. I have see students use Rosetta Stone and i agree if the student does not monitor correctly then the student will not improve their English skills.



http://www.edutopia.org/technology-software-english-language-learners

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