English Learners Channel
netTrekker's English Learners Channel, designed specifically for English language learners and the teachers who work with them, offers content directly related to students for whom English is not a first language. The channel splits into two pathways:
- ELL Skill Development
- Multicultural Pavilion
ELL Skill Development
ELL Skill Development
directs you to sites on reading and writing skills, listening skills, speaking
skills, critical thinking, and fluency. For educators, netTrekker provides
access to a broad collection of resources on ELL teaching methodologies (bilingual
education, English immersion, scaffolding, etc.), assessment, research, and proficiency
standards. An ELL Parent Support section is also included.
Multicultural
Pavilion
The Multicultural Pavilion provides geographic and cultural
information on continents, countries, and regions. Resources on ethnic identity,
acculturation, cultural sensitivities, diversity, cultural heritage, and social
justice issues are also included here.
In addition to assembling teacher-evaluated website resources, netTrekker's English Learners Channel includes these helpful features:
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Dictionary Hot Key: An invaluable tool for English language learners, the Dictionary Hot Key defines unfamiliar words or translates them from English into French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and several other languages.
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Readability: Filter your search results by reading level using netTrekker's Readability Refinement Menu to locate websites with different measures of reading difficulty.
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Read Aloud: Use this text-to-speech tool to aid comprehension, allowing students to hear the text they're reading, whether on netTrekker pages, on web resources accessed from any Search Result, or in definitions accessed by using the Dictionary Hot Key.
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Refinement Menus: Choose to look at sites with learning games or lesson plans, pictures or biographies or filter results to sites in Spanish by clicking on the appropriate menu items from the Refinement Menus.
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ELL Standards: If your state or province has standards for English language learners, you'll find them in netTrekker. Click on the
tab at the top of any netTrekker page.
A Teacher's Introduction
Enhance your teaching of English language learners with this educator-written guide for implementing netTrekker's English learners channel in your classroom. Diana R. Jones, Ph.D., details ways to engage your students in activities that directly address the needs they have as second language learners. Includes lesson plans for students at varying levels of language proficiency and at differing grade-level clusters. Download now. [PDF Document]
