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This website and article is all about technology integration for ELL students. The website lists free apps that can be used for students to support their vocabulary growth. There are four apps that can be used from this website. One of them in particular, Futaba, is an app I have used with students before. It allows students to not only extend their vocabulary but it also works on their reading skills.

Teacher, one-to-one advocate and blogger Monica Burns shares some of her favorite free apps for supporting English-Language Learners' vocabulary acquisition.

Teacher, one-to-one advocate and blogger Monica Burns shares some of her favorite free apps for supporting English-Language Learners' vocabulary acquisition.

There are plenty of flashcard services on the web that students can use for rote practice of vocabulary words. The following five apps offer a little bit more than flashcards by providing some larger context for the words and phrases that students can study through them.

As a teacher at an International School, many of my students are English Language Learners. Even my native English speakers are living in a non-English speaking country. Due to my unique teaching position, I have had some readers ask for tips on teaching English Language Learners.

ShowMe (free) This an incredibly useful app for ELLs and for ESL teachers too. In my opinion, it is one of the most versatile apps in the market. It allows you to easily create screen-casts, by recording your voice over whiteboard drawing or images.

This website includes apps for different levels of ESL/ELL students

Getting the hang of a new language is tough. As someone attempting to re-learn French, I can say this without absolute certainty. Lucky for students like myself, technology is a huge help. It makes it easier to hear a native speaker 'pronounce' something for you.

A Resource for Using the iPad in Education This website, Ipad for the Classroom Teacher, has a list of Productivity Apps like Evernote, Dropbox, Diigo, TED, Grade it!, PBS for iPad, iResponse, Kno Textbook, iBrainstorm, and many more. It has a list of many apps which include a short description, and the price of the app. Not only does this website include Productivity apps but it also has lists of apps for ELL students, Math, Fine Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Special Needs apps. This is a resource that I plan to use a lot as it has so many great ideas.

This is a user friendly website as it categorizes apps by topics allowing you to easily find what you are looking for. This website also provides a slide show for each app so that you can see how it is used.

This website gave a list of 35 of My Favorite Free Apps for Teaching. There were 35 apps provided with varying contents including ELA, Math, ELL, Special Education, Science, Social Studies, Visual Brainstorming, and Apps for Reports and Presentations. Each of the apps have a short description, and a link to view all the information about the app (i.e. the cost, description, url, and a picture of the icon).

This website, Ipad for the Classroom Teacher, has a list of Math Apps like Math Bingo, Math Racer, and Times Table, and many more. It has a list of many apps which include a short description, and the price of the app. Not only does this website include Math apps but it also has lists of apps for ELL students, Fine Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Special Needs apps. This is a resource that I plan to use a lot as it has so many great ideas.

Mobile digital devices like smartphones, tablets, and even laptops have made it much easier for learners of English as a second language to immerse themselves in constant practice and speed up their learning process. ESL and TESOL teachers and learners can find a world of useful apps for every platform to help with such crucial language learning processes as: Vocabulary building Reading comprehension Pronunciation ...and more!

I found that iPads for English Language Learners website to be a great resource not only for the ELL student, but for the entire classroom. It displays the app icon and the app title along with a description. This website was easy to scan through because it organizes the apps into categories (math, science, productivity, translators, etc…). The only downside to this app is that it did not provide the price.

The following apps are extremely useful tools to implement in an English as a second language classroom environment (Apple, n.d.; Williams, 2012; Writers, 2012).This website was about using Ipads in the ESL classroom. Many of the apps were great for helping students to nurture vocabulary skills. One of the apps that looked most interesting was Adventures for Kids, the app had story-based games which nurture vocabulary skills through repetition. Another app that looked interesting was the Phonetic Focus, it is one of the most popular ESL apps. It has a phonetic typewriter, games, flash cards, audio recording and playback, and many other tools to help master the English language.