English Learners Channel
netTrekker d.i.'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
d.i. 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 d.i.'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 d.i.'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 d.i.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 d.i. Click on the 
tab at the top of any netTrekker d.i. page.
A Teacher's Introduction
Enhance your teaching of English language learners with this educator-written
guide for implementing netTrekker d.i.'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. [Word
document]
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