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Using adaptive learning with students who are English language learners

Author: Ashley Sweatt

Using Adaptive Learning with Students who are English Language Learners

Video Transcript

Notes on "Using Adaptive Learning with Students who are English Language Learners"

Overview

(00:00 - 00:12) Introduction

(00:13 - 00:34) What Will You Learn Today?

(00:35 - 01:05) What are the Features of Students who are English Language Learners?

(01:06 - 01:59) What are the Challenges that ELL Face?

(02:00 - 02:52) How can Adaptive Learning Support ELL?

(02:53 - 03:38) What Resources are Available?

(03:39 - 04:26) What Did You Learn Today?

(04:27 - 04:54) Reflection

Additional Resources

Engaging English Language Learners with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education

This article suggests that teachers and students view the world differently. As a result, there is frequently a disconnect that gets in the way of learning. The authors suggest the Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm (MALP) as a framework
for using the students' way of understanding to access new learning and understanding.
https://www.nysut.org/~/media/Files/NYSUT/Resources/2010/May/Educators%20Voice%203%20Adolescents/educatorsvoice3_adolescents_08_ell2.pdf


Adaptive Learning in ELT: A Mismeasure of language

This particular blog entry provides a comprehensive overview of using adaptive learning with English Language Learners from the perspective of a practitioner. Throughout the blog, the practitioner reviews several adaptive learning platforms (with screenshots) for use with English Language Learners. The practitioner offers strong cautions about how these programs should be used with students.
https://adaptivelearninginelt.wordpress.com/2015/01/10/the-mismeasure-of-language/