2. • Literacy is commonly defined as “reading and
writing at a level adequate for
communication, or at a level that les one
understand and communicate ideas in a
literate society, so as to take part in that
society”.
3. • Give ELLs many opportunities to read, to
write, to listen to, and to discuss oral
and written English texts expressed in a variety
of ways.”
• The use of five writing/reading-facilitative e-
tools such as writeboard,wikis, webquests, and
e-books, to enhance an ELL’s literacy skills.
4. • It needs to be dynamic, multidimensional,
interrelated, and dialogic in nature.
• It needs to be centered on learning academic
language and becoming proficient in academic
discourses.
• It is seen as a crucial factor in increasing accessibility
to education, retention rates in schools, and
employment in the country.
6. falling through the cracks
Many ELLs across the country
fail to reach age-appropriate
literacy levels because school
systems often fail to meet their
educational needs.
How can a teacher concentrate on
helping the one ELL in the classroom
if there are 25 other English
speaking, equally needy kids
clamoring for help?
7. It is a process writing e-tool.It is a web-based
space that can be shared in collaborative
projects, or edited by individual writers.
It allow ELLs to feel confortable sharing
ideas, making writing mistakes and editing
their classmates´work.
It is easy to organize writing projects with
like-level or with multiple-level student.
8. Basecamp
• Basecamp has become the world’s #1 project
management tool, it replaced writeboard.com
• https://basecamp.com/
EFL classroom Buzka is an online resource, it
suggests ways of using process writing e-tools
for working with ELLs.
http://eflclassroom.buzka.com/
