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2.3 How can you use technology English language learners?
Today’s students are more tech-savvy than any who came before them. Having grown up with immediate access to advanced technology, they rely on it heavily for everything from entertainment to education. It plays an essential role in their everyday lives, and schools are trying to keep up.
Technology integration has become a massive effort for districts across the country, especially after the quick pivot to virtual learning in 2020. Teachers are more aware of the many benefits that technology offers them and their students, and they’re finding new ways to incorporate it into their daily routines.
But while using edtech is beneficial for all students, it’s particularly valuable for English language learners (ELLs). In this blog, we’re sharing helpful tips for how to use technology to help ELLs achieve language mastery. But first, let’s look at some reasons why you should integrate technology tools for ELLs in your classroom.
5 Reasons to Integrate Technology in a Classroom for ELLs
Although we live in the “age of technology,” many teachers are still a bit apprehensive to use technology regularly with their students.
This is largely true for ESL teachers, as it can be challenging to teach students from other countries who are unfamiliar with both the technology and the language. Unfortunately, both they and their English learners then miss out on the multitude of advantages that come from edtech.
1. Encourages Individualized Growth
No two students learn exactly the same way or at the same pace, especially those learning a new language. Fortunately, there is a plethora of technology resources for ELL students nowadays that can be tailored to each student’s individual needs. Using these educational programs and apps will allow your English learners to progress and practice their language skills at a pace that’s right for them.
2. Increases Student Engagement
Students love technology, so getting any opportunity to use it in the classroom automatically increases their engagement and motivation to learn. Technology takes them from being passive learners to having a far more active role in their learning process. So, rather than traditional lectures and worksheets, opt for more interactive digital options that make learning a new language fun!
3. Addresses Multiple Learning Styles
Each student has their own way of learning content best, which is commonly referred to as a learning style. There are four different types of learning styles:
Visual – using pictures, graphics, maps, and other visual aids to understand information
Auditory – using listening, speaking, and repetition as a means of gaining understanding
Reading / Writing – learning by reading and taking extensive notes
Kinesthetic – hands-on learning by doing and feeling

As a teacher, it can be quite difficult to develop lesson plans and activities that appeal to all four learning styles—but that’s where edtech comes in. Technology offers a multimodal means of presenting new concepts for students, whether they prefer learning visually, audibly, tactilely, or through written words.

4. Offers Differentiated Supports
Because your ELs all come from diverse cultural, linguistic, and educational backgrounds, they’re each going to need different supports to successfully acquire new language skills. That’s why instructional scaffolding is such an essential aspect of teaching ELs.
Using edtech is a great way to provide differentiated scaffolds for your students, as there’s a wide variety of educational and assistive technology for ELLs from apps and games to translation and text-to-talk features.
5. Facilitates Communication & Collaboration
Technology can provide low-risk opportunities for your English learners to communicate and collaborate. Early on in their English language journey, many ELs don’t feel comfortable speaking aloud in class. Online forums, programs, and apps eliminate that barrier of intimidation, making it possible for students to interact with more confidence.