Hypermedia Knowledge Base: 

Educating Limited English Students Using Technology

compiled by I.E. Sersea, ELD Teacher

 

 

1.     A Multimedia Fiasco: Lessons from an IEP Classroom

By: Colin Sachs, Intensive  American Language Center, Washington State University and Doug Winther, Student Advising and Learning Center, Washington State University

http://www.tesolweb.net/Colin/present/mmedia/MMFiasco.html

This article covers the issue of teachers spending the majority of their lab classroom time teaching them to use the technological tools available at the expense of language instruction.

 

2.     Is Multimedia Effective for Language Learning? An Intuitive, Theoretical and Empirical Perspective.

 By: Paul  Brett, University of Wolverhampton

http://pers-www.wlv.ac.uk/~le1969/art4.htm

This article argues that multimedia can be an effective learning tool through empirically based research, intuitive ideas, and theoretical assertions. 

 

3.     Misconceptions and Fantasies Abound: About the Use of Computers in the ESL Class

By: Peter Wilson, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

http://sppro.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/orlac/contents/05.htm

This article dispels ESL technology-related misconceptions of teachers, learners, and administrators by offering a “reality check” filled with logically-sequenced, pragmatic explanations.

 

4.     Integrating E-Language Learning in the Classroom

By: Alex Michael, Distance Learning Inc., New York

http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/elearning.html

This article supports the thesis that the internet is a fun, convenient, interactive solution to second language acquisition.  Various academic institutions using the internet in language learning are identified and their programs are briefly described.

 

5.     Multimedia Applications for Language Learning – What Are They and How Effective Are They.

In Dangerfield, M. et al East to West pages 171-180

http://pers-www.wlv.ac.uk/~le1969/art3.htm

This article makes a link between language learning and language learning through the use of multimedia technology.  It introduces the multimedia tools used in language learning and provides a brief account of two completed mini research projects into the effectiveness of the use of interactive multimedia for language learning.

 

6.     On The Net – Interactive and Multimedia Techniques in Online Language Lessons: A Sampler

By: Jean W. LeLoup and Robert Ponterio, SUNY Cortland

http://llt.msu.edu/vol7num3/net/default.html

This article shows how a number of teachers are using Web technologies to teach language.  It asserts that foreign language study can be a natural candidate for distance learning, as digital technologies have advanced to a point to making this possible.

 

7.     ESL in the Mainstream: How Technology Can Help!

By: Michael Krauss, Lewis and Clark College

http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/eslinthemainstream.html

This website was designed to support the graduate level course, “ESL in the Mainstream,” designed to help K-12 teachers provide more effective instruction to the non-native speakers of English in their classes, taught by John Gorman, Program Coordinator for the Center for Professional Development at Lewis and Clark College.

 

8.     ERIC/CLL Resource Guides Online: Resources for Mainstream Teachers of English Language Learners

By: Sally Morrison, ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics

http://www.cal.org/ericcll/faqs/RGOs/mainstream.html

This Resource Guide Online provides links to articles, digests, books, Web sites, and ERIC documents that offer information on the teaching of English language learners in mainstream classes.

 

9.     Multimedia and Language Learning: A CD-ROM in the Making. CALL Review, March 1995

By: Paul Brett, University of Wolverhampton

http://pers-www.wlv.ac.uk/~le1969/art1.htm

This article overviews  English for Business 1 – An Introduction to a British Company,  one of the first CD-ROM multimedia products to hit the market , a free-standing, self study package, designed to develop the listening skills and to raise learners’ awareness of language forms, for learners using English in a Business environment.

 

10.                        ERIC Digest: Professional Development for Language Teachers

By: Gabriel H. Diaz-Maggioli, National Administration of Public Education, Uruguay

http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/0303diaz.html

This article defines effective approaches to professional development strategies, some with the help of technology, including Peer Coaching, Study Groups, Dialogue Journals, Professional Development Portfolios, Mentoring, and Participatory Practitioner Research.

 

 

11.                        ERIC Digest Number 162: Latinos in School: Some Facts and Findings.

Source: Latinos in education: Early childhood, elementary, secondary, undergraduate, graduate. (1999). Washington, DC: The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. (ED 440 817)

http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed449288.html

This Digest identifies limited English proficiency as one of the leading factors compromising Latino student achievement. 

 

12.                        ERIC Digest: Latina High School Leaving

By: Harriett D. Romo

http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed423096.html

California’s great majority of students with limited English proficiency are comprised of Latino students. This Digest examines how gender roles, families, schools, and friends influence Latinas in their education and career decisions, and steps schools and society can take to help these girls feel accepted.