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TECH-PACK NEEDS AND CHALLENGES IN ELL AND FL LEARNING

Digital tools now offer many ways to expand opportunities for listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English and other languages.

ELL teachers

FL teachers

The overall challenge is to find ways of applying technologies to hepl address the needs of students for whom English may be a second or a third language and who may not be literate in any language

The challenge is finding time to use technologies in ways that might enrich the learning experiences while making sure students meet criteria called for.

Challenges

Strategies for Improving Tech-PACK in ELL and FL Teaching

From the perspective of each of the separate Tech-PACK components.

ELL and FL Content Knowledge

The content on which FL teachers must keep current is as changeable as the languages themselves.

ELL teachers must know:

FL teachers must try to remain current on cultural content they must impart to their students

Enough about the content of language learning to help bridge the gap in students’ language knowledge,

ELL and FL Technological Knowledge

ELL and FL Pedagogical Knowledge

Enough about the cultural backgrounds of their ELL students to understand the challenges that their students face and mistakes they are likely to make

For ELL teachers, pedagogies focus on diagnosing where students are in their English skill development and finding ways to scaffold them from where they are to where they need to be.

For FL teachers, changes in pedagogies in language teaching and language lab

Learn how to implement virtual field trips, Blended Intercultural Telecollaborations, and computer-assisted language learning (CALL) into their teaching repertoires.

ELL teachers need to be able to use websites, software, and handheld devices that can help students with limited English proficiency.

Technologies for FL teachers include multimedia language labs, devices, and software; communications technologies, etc.

They must become familiar with both language-specific websites and more general ones that can support instructional strategies.

Each teacher should consider the following questions and activities:

Do I have the ELL and FL content knowledge I need to assist my students in meeting the standards within my classroom?

Do I have the technological knowledge needed to teach the ELL and FL content within my classroom?

Do I have the pedagogical knowledge needed to teach the ELL and FL content within my classroom?

For the language and cultural updates, FL teachers need to keep current in the languages and cultures of other countries.

Teachers will have to learn a number of technologies that may be new to them, through workshops and conferences and taking advantage of the expertise of teachers they know who have already begun using these tools.