West Point Case Study Concludes Transparent Language Measures Up with Rosetta Stone To download and view the entire case study PDF, CLICK HERE. June, 2010 marked the 27th annual CALICO conference, (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium). The conference was hosted by Amherst College, and like previous CALICO events, it offered a forum for discussing cutting-edge [...]
Looking for free and inexpensive resources for your ELL/ESL students, or grants and funding options for your ELL/ESL classroom? Check out the Big Deal eBook for Educators of English Language Learners! Here’s just a sampling of the great links you’ll find inside: • View the free demo DVD of the Parent/Teacher Kon-ver-SAY-shun Kit: Conversation Starters [...]
Recently, our consultant Paula Roman held several demo sessions for our language leaning product Byki in local public libraries. Byki is an online language learning tool available for purchase from Recorded Books for public libraries and K-12 schools. It can be incorporated into a foreign language or ESL curriculum, or simply made available so students [...]
With the budget constraints imposed on so many educators today, it can be hard to get administrators to approve more costly items. Though audiobooks and Playaways may seem to fall under that category, there are many reasons why audio is an affordable and effective solution for your school. Do you have any tricks for fitting [...]
Hello, visitors from ESL Magazine! If you’re looking for information on how audiobooks can benefit your ESL learners, check out our resources at the Recorded Books website or peruse this article from former ESL instructor Shari Quan-Rios. Audiobooks are an invaluable way to help students learn the English language while improving their English reading skills. [...]
…everything! Our June survey at recordedbooks.com asked what you think recorded books are most important for. 35% said audio is most important for reluctant readers, 29% said students with IEPs, 21% said below grade readers, and 15% said English language learners. Audio is useful in all these areas for the same reasons: it gives struggling [...]
ESL students have higher test scores, increased fluency, and more confidence when they use audiobooks An article by former ESL teacher Shari Quan-Rios It is a known fact that English is one of the hardest languages to learn, and more and more teachers are turning to audiobooks as the ESL solution. They are proven effective [...]
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