Technology in schools

Actually, there is a tendency to think that it is very hard and difficult to learn English but exist a variety of strategies for using technology to improve the language ability and content knowledge of English learners, a fast-growing student population with diverse needs.


Internet gives the oportunity to conect people in the world and for this reason born the aplication called Voki, an avatar that allows students to hear words they've typed repeated back to them slowly, as well as to record audio of themselves. English learners can design their own avatar characters that resemble individual students and use them for dialogues and practice lessons. The program also offers 160 lesson plans at varying levels of difficulty.


Other resourcs, which kennedy and Soifer examined was HELP Math.
This method is good for students because they improuve their abilities in other subjects, in this case, Maths, while they are use interactive audio, visual, and text options.

All the information about this report about Voki and his consequences is included in this page:

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2013/01/tapping_technology_to_help_eng.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZX05alxaTPo

Educational resources to learn English.

We recomend you some resources divided by levels you can use learning the English language:

For children:

Lil' Fingers Storybooks

Enjoy toddler storybooks, play original educational games, and print printable coloring pages at Lil' Fingers Storybooks online. Original stories are fun.

http://www.lil-fingers.com/

Website: English for little children

This resource is designed to learn our first words in English. It includes the basic vocabulary related to school, the body, clothes, the house, family, toys, food, transport, pets, wild and farm animals. Oral exercises.

http://concurso.cnice.mec.es/cnice2005/132_English_for_Little_children/presentacion/presentacion.html

Website: English for little children

This resource is designed to learn our first words in English. It includes the basic vocabulary related to school, the body, clothes, the house, family, toys, food, transport, pets, wild and farm animals. Oral exercises.

http://concurso.cnice.mec.es/cnice2005/132_English_for_Little_children/presentacion/presentacion.html
 






Sesame Street - English
Welcome to Sesame Street! Play games and watch videos to engage children with fun educational activities.

http://www.sesamestreet.org/

British Council Kids

In this page we can find all kind of materials in learning and teaching of English language.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/

Basic grammar for ESL kids

Online activities for ESL kids and teachers to learn and practise English grammar.

http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/grammar.htm

BBC English - Schools Ages 11-16

List of english websites for 11-16 year old students, including games and activities and resources for teaches and parents.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/11_16/site/english.shtml

For all ages:

Abcteach English Free Printables, Interactives, Custom Documents, Clip Art

A quality educational site offering 5000+ FREE printable theme units, word puzzles, writing forms, book report forms,math, ideas, lessons and much more. Great for new teachers, student teachers , homeschooling and teachers who like creative ways to teach. Join the popular membership section!!

http://www.abcteach.com/

Website: Magic keys

In this website we find free tales with illustrations and audio included, designed to foster children's imagination as well as their comprehension and vocabulary skills.

http://www.magickeys.com/books/

MES Flashcards

In this website there are more than 100 sets of free flashcards to print (PDF and PPT versions). Topics include: Adjectives, Animals, Body Parts, Buildings, Chores, Classroom, Clothing, Countries, Daily Routines, Days, Family, Fantasy, Festivities, Feelings, Food, Health, Hobbies, House, Months, Music instruments, Nationalities, Nature, Numbers, Passive Verbs, Phrasal Verbs, Places, Playground, Plural Nouns, Prepositions of place and movement, Pronouns object and possessive pronouns, Question Words, Road signs, School Subjects, Science, Senses, Shapes and Colors, Sports, Super Powers, Tools, Transportation, Verbs, Weather.

http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards.php
 

All this resources and more, you can find it in the following link:

http://blog.tiching.com/20-recursos-educativos-ideales-para-aprender-ingles/

Other resources learning english are pages like www.inglesdivino.com , where there are a lot of songs with their letter and many different singers. Its a funny way of learning English with all the family.


You can find in this website different levels from the easiest to the most difficult depending on the singer and the song. One example of the difficult level is the song of Jason Mraz – I´m yours.


http://www.inglesdivino.com/?l=240

With the help of youtube you can find all your favourite singers and an interactive way to learn english with their songs.

Technology and English language learners

The use of technology for learning english can be different between students. Nowadays, technology is present in our dialy life and for this reason, children know use pc, tablets, tv, mobile phones, and another devices.

Thanks to technology, the countries are connected around the world. On the other hand, with the development of English around the world, English is used as a second language in the most countries and for some people the first language. Nowadays, it is a neccessity to learn English because it is the most important language in the world and it is essencial to communicate us with people from around the world.  

The importance of learning English needs to technology for better learning through several resources and methods that exist thanks to the evolution of technology. Methods have changed and children are preparated for use of pcs, tablets, phones, etc.


http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/technology/
 
In our society, people can´t live without techonology, for example, in language teaching and learning we have a lot to choose from the world of technology. Radio,TV, CD Rom, Computers, C.A.L.L., the Internet, Electronic Dictionary, Email, Blogs and Audio Cassettes, Power Point, Videos, DVD’s or VCD’s. The last two decades have witnessed a revolution due to onset of technology. This evolution has changed in the way to explore the new teaching model. As a result technology plays a very important role in English teaching. Using multimedia to create a context to teach English has its unique advantages.
 
 http://www.ipedr.com/vol33/030-ICLMC2012-L10042.pdf