Journals

ARE YOU AN ESL TECH GEEK?  FIVE INTERESTING ARTICLES

For many ESL students, learning English out of the classroom has

a very popular and successful way to enhance learning outside of the

classroom.   Noted below are five journal articles that discuss this

new wave towards learning English on-line.

 

Fujuan TanNabb, L. (2010).  International ESL Graduate Student

Perceptions of Online Learning in the Context of Second Language

Acquisition and Culturally Responsive Facilitation. 

Adult Learning, 21(1/2), 9-14.

This article discusses how ESL students not proficient

English in may do better in-the-classroom. Although

advanced technology has been effective in causing

education to transcend the regular classroom, it

has doesn’t make-up for beginning ELL learning.

 

Lin, M. (2011).  The unrealistic claims for the effects of

classroom blogging on English as a second language, students’

writing performance. British Journal of Educational Technology,

42(6), E148-E151.

          Traditional classroom writing is compared to the

          blogging done by ELLs on the web. It appears that

writing skills involve more than just blogging, without

our professional direction.

 

Tuzzollino Werben, C.M. (2001).  ).  Out of Site, Out of Mind:

Adult Learning Outside Outside the Classroom—How It Can Happen.

Adult Learning, 12/12(4/1),34-35.

          Writing skills are said to be enhanced by offering

the ELL an opportunity to reach beyond the classroom-

like going on a field trip and enhancing the creative,

visual side of writing.  This field trip gives the learner

to build better language skills.

 

Waters, J.K. (2007).  ESL Technologies:  The Universal Language.

T.H.E. Journal,34(1), 34-40.

          This author discusses how computer technology is universal

          and it is the key to broadening ESL programs. Specialized

          ESL software is discussed that develops English language

          listening, speaking, and reading skills.

         

Zha, S. (2006).  An Investigation of Communicative Competence of

ESL Students Using Electronic Discussion Boards.  Journal of

Research on Technology in Education, 38(3), 349-367.

          This article was a study done of ESL students

          from K-12 grades and explored ESL learning

          on Discussion boards in different social and

          cultural settings.