Tools for Teaching EL Students

English Language Learners: Tech Tips and Ideas to Help our ELL Students

Hack your Zoom Session and Use Closed Captioning

Zoom and Google Translate - Live Translating for ELL Students

Google Translate Sheet for Teachers - This Google Sheet automatically translates your text into a number of different languages. This is great tool to use for teachers who are communicating with multiple students who are not native English speakers. Teachers may want to give students VIEW permissions to see the text.

Click on Google Translate Sheet for Teachers to make your own copy.

Google Translate Sheet for Teachers

Other Ideas for EL Teachers

Microphone
  • Use the Voice to Text feature inside Google Docs for students to practice speaking.

Google Translate
  • Use the Google Translate feature in Google Docs and Slides to convert teacher and student writing.

Google Slides