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Enhancing ELL Academic Writing Skills

In the article 'Research Writing with Digital Tools,' Sherryl Terrell provides teachers with strategies and resources to enhance academic writing skills for English Language learners (ELLs) using technology. She emphasizes the need for ELLs to learn organization, research skills, and proper citation methods, recommending tools like Readwritethink, Pinterest, and Easy Bib. Terrell also highlights the importance of creating a safe environment for feedback through audio and video tools.

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Enhancing ELL Academic Writing Skills

In the article 'Research Writing with Digital Tools,' Sherryl Terrell provides teachers with strategies and resources to enhance academic writing skills for English Language learners (ELLs) using technology. She emphasizes the need for ELLs to learn organization, research skills, and proper citation methods, recommending tools like Readwritethink, Pinterest, and Easy Bib. Terrell also highlights the importance of creating a safe environment for feedback through audio and video tools.

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In “Research Writing with Digital Tools,” ESL Library’s guest blogger Sherryl Terrell offers teachers tips
and resources for helping English Language learners improve academic writing skills though technology. Terrell
claims that ELLs need extra help learning how to organize and present their thoughts in writing. She offers four
main suggestions to teachers. First, she provides resources that help students improve on process writing,
such as Readwritethink and Creately. Next, she covers the importance of developing research skills. Terrell
recommends several social bookmarking tools, including Pinterest. Terrell also emphasizes the importance of
learning how to cite sources. She mentions academic style guides and identifies apps that make citing easy,
including Easy Bib. Citation generators should not be used unless ELLs already know how to cite sources.
Lastly, Terrell notes that feedback requires a safe environment. She suggests using tools such as audio and
video feedback. Shelly Terrell shares several tips and tools to help ELLs with their research and academic
writing.

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