Statement of Research Problem
The United States has seen an influx of international students over the past decade. The increasing number of students that enter the U.S. education who are not proficient in English has been challenging for educators. In order to alleviate some the stress on the student 's behalf many companies have begun producing software and other various forms of technology to help support these students’ education. These are students that not only have to develop critical skills, but they also have to do so in a language that is foreign to them. Technology can play vital role within this community of learners and provide them with support they might otherwise be missing. Some advantages of using technology to help English …show more content…
Potential disadvantages of technological support for students would be that it may not be in sync with what is being taught in class; also online activities do not foster creativity which could harm students in the long run especially when …show more content…
ELL students are often faced with the daunting task of not only developing their skill set, but doing so while learning a foreign language. It is vital that educators spend time researching how to better serve and help this growing area of students. A positive correlation from this study would look like ELL students’ grades improving, conversational English improving, and more importantly comfortability with the language itself improving. Identifying a positive relationship between educational technology and ELL students would help the growing population of non-native speaking students in the United States. Researchers need to determine the outcome and see if this positively affects students in both short and long term ways when added to classroom instruction. Regardless of the results and whether or not they favor the hypothesis presented, it is important information that will only further how educators serve ELL students. Hypothesis
The United States has seen an influx of international students over the past decade. The increasing number of students that enter the U.S. education who are not proficient in English has been challenging for educators. In order to alleviate some the stress on the student 's behalf many companies have begun producing software and other various forms of technology to help support these students’ education. These are students that not only have to develop critical skills, but they also have to do so in a language that is foreign to them. Technology can play vital role within this community of learners and provide them with support they might otherwise be missing. Some advantages of using technology to help English …show more content…
Potential disadvantages of technological support for students would be that it may not be in sync with what is being taught in class; also online activities do not foster creativity which could harm students in the long run especially when …show more content…
ELL students are often faced with the daunting task of not only developing their skill set, but doing so while learning a foreign language. It is vital that educators spend time researching how to better serve and help this growing area of students. A positive correlation from this study would look like ELL students’ grades improving, conversational English improving, and more importantly comfortability with the language itself improving. Identifying a positive relationship between educational technology and ELL students would help the growing population of non-native speaking students in the United States. Researchers need to determine the outcome and see if this positively affects students in both short and long term ways when added to classroom instruction. Regardless of the results and whether or not they favor the hypothesis presented, it is important information that will only further how educators serve ELL students. Hypothesis