ELL Technology Resources

Teaching Resource

This is a blog from an ESL teacher that offers several activities that he has tested in the classroom. Most of his suggestions are for authentic ESL activities that can be adapted for many ages, developmental levels, and language proficiency levels.

Authentic:

This is a podcast that a Spanish woman and her English boyfriend made several years ago to help people who are learning to speak the Spanish language. They introduce the lesson in English, speaking slowly, and sharing with the listener some vocabulary words they will need to know. After that, they launch into a Spanish conversation, using the vocab words they just introduced. This could work in reverse for Spanish-speaking students learning English.

This website connects students of all languages to strike up a pen pal relationship with a student from any other country. I thought this could be a way for students who are learning English to pair up with students who are native English speakers to communicate with someone in the ELL student’s L1. It might also be good to pick a pen pal who speaks an entirely different language for these students to converse with.