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Supporting ESL An Overview of Technology
Tools that Support Vocabulary
DevelopmentJanet Ragan Session 21A
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The Challenge
“...ESL students must catch up to a moving target. ESL students must make 15 months gain in every 10 month school year.”
(Jim Cummins, 2002)
7 Principles for Effective Instruction of ELLs
• English Language Learners listen to text and spoken language that is slightly above their current English language level.
• Lesson are visual. • New information is linked to prior
knowledge. • Key concepts for a unit of study are
posted in student-friendly language.• Vocabulary is modified for students. • Cooperative learning strategies are
applied in small groups.• Testing and homework are modified or
ELLs. (Judie Haynes, 2009)
Why is Vocabulary Instruction so
Important?
• All students need to learn an exceedingly large number of words
• 2,000 to 3,000 new words a year to reading vocabulary
• 400 of those words taught directly
(Beck, McKeown & Kucan, 2002)
Reading Comprehension
• Reading comprehension depends on knowing between 90 and 95 percent of the words in a text (Hirsch, 2003)
• Literate English presented in textbooks can be very challenging to students with limited or no knowledge of English
What you can do with etext?
• Re-size font and change the spacing• Level the reading reducing the amount of text
What you can do with etext?
• Re-size font and change the spacing• Level the reading reducing the amount of text• Highlight key information
What you can do with etext?
• Re-size font and change the spacing• Level the reading reducing the amount of text• Highlight key information• Translate and lookup words with electronic
dictionaries
What you can do with etext?
• Re-size font and change the spacing• Level the reading reducing the amount of text• Highlight key information• Translate and lookup words with electronic
dictionaries• Transform into synthetic speech
What you can do with etext?
• Re-size font and change the spacing• Level the reading reducing the amount of text• Highlight key information• Translate and lookup words with electronic
dictionaries• Transform into synthetic speech• Change etext to MP3 format and listen with
an Ipod
What you can do with etext?
• Re-size font and change the spacing• Level the reading reducing the amount of text• Highlight key information• Translate and lookup words with electronic
dictionaries• Transform into synthetic speech• Change etext to MP3 format and listen with
an Ipod• Copy and paste text into other applications
What you can do with etext?
• Re-size font and change the spacing• Level the reading reducing the amount of text• Highlight key information• Translate and lookup words with electronic
dictionaries• Transform into synthetic speech• Change etext to MP3 format and listen with
an Ipod• Copy and paste text into other applications• Add links to websites and key words
Technology, Friend or Foe?
“…focused on the development of academic expertise, certain
applications oftechnology can play a useful role in
enabling ESL students to access the curriculum and
harvest the language of academic success.”
Jim Cummings University of Toronto
ESL and Technology
Vocabulary Building
Concept Mapping and Brainstorming Ideas
Supporting new vocab
Text to Speech Translation tools Talking dictionaries
Writing Practice
Co:Writer, Write:Outloud, WordQ, Premier
Word knowledge is crucial to reading comprehension and determines how
well students will be able to comprehend the texts they read in
middle and high school
Joan Sedita, Reading Expert (2009)
Vocabulary Instruction and Technology
Introducing Vocabulary with Text to Speech and Visual Supports
• Tar Heel Reader presents vocabulary in a repetitive pattern with images
• Vocabulary is simple, text is spoken, and images support the meaning
• New vocabulary can be reread and copy and pasted into an online dictionary or Kurzweil 3000
• http://tarheelreader.org/2009/06/19/what-good-are-worms/23/
Provide a Concept Map of the Unit Being Studied
Make sure It Highlights the BIG IDEAS of the Unit
New Earth Day Unit Topic: Composting
1. Provide an overview of the topic
2. Introduce new vocabulary and provide a resource for future learning
3. Break the topic down into manageable subunits that will have some common threads
Introduce New Topics and Subtopics with the Vocabulary
with Brainstorming
Smart Ideas is Ministry LicensedSnappywords.com
Other Curriculum Symbol Supports
• Web support:– Point (Widgit) – Bridges Website is Point Enabled– Purchased by the web site developer
Topic Specific Vocabulary
Text to Speech
Kuzweil 3000
Word Prediction
Co:Writer
Concept Mapping
Communicate Ideas
Let’s take a look…
Ministry Licensed Software (OSAPAC)
Ministry Licensed
Smart IdeasCo:writer
WordQWrite:Outloud
Clicker 5Dragon
Naturally Speakingmore…
Common Board Licenses
Kurzweil 3000Premier
SymwriterBoardmaker
Images supported with Text to Speech in
Kurzweil V12
Kurzweil supports translation tools and pronounciation tools too.
CALP -Cognitive Academic Language
Proficiency • Symbols can be used effectively to support
new vocabulary in content areas
• Images can support writing by reinforcing word choice
Supported Assessment
“It is essential that ELL’s be assessed in a way that uncouples language proficiency from content knowledge.”
Improving Achievement for English Learners Claude Goldenberg
Can you read this?
Four parts in the water cycle:
Evaporation - water changes from a liquid to a gas Condensation - water changes from a gas to a liquid
Run off - water flows downhill on the surface Precipitation - rain, hail, sleet and snow
For More Information
Wikis - www.bridgeslearning.pbworks.com
www.elltechclassroom.pbworks.com