The article, “The Word and the World: Technology Aids English-Language Learners”, provides an insight on what technologies help English Language Learners and how these technologies can help these students. The article begins by analyzing the ELL students of Cinnabar Elementary School in Petaluma, California who make up half the school’s population. The lead teacher for the Cinnabar Elementary School ELL program recommends using technology for ELL students to provide “structured one-on-one English practice” to engage ELL students. The technology that Cinnabar Elementary uses includes Read Naturally and Rosetta Stone. Read Naturally is a multimedia reading program that helps students become fluent in the English language. Rosetta Stone is a language-learning software that helps students associate pictures with words and gradually advances to vocabulary building and sentence structure to offer the students a challenge.
This article also discusses the rise in population of English Language Learners. It is predicted that by 2015 one in three American students will be English Language Learners. With the rise in numbers schools are beginning to prepare for influx by strategizing ways to fill this gap. It is said that schools are looking to technology as the answer since the increasing number of students outweighs financial and human resources, such as ELL teachers.
http://www.edutopia.org/technology-software-english-language-learners
Rosetta Stone is a great example of the many forms of technology that a teacher can use to help their students learn English. It is really important to find the right method to teach students and research like this helps us to find the best way to assist our students.
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