In bilingual classrooms across America, teachers use whiteboards, LCD projectors, and the Internet to engage students. Instructional videos, like those on the Discovery Education website, are a great way to reinforce or supplement curriculum when concepts seem to fall short. It is easier for English language learners to understand literary concepts, such as character, plot and setting, by watching a Charlie Chaplin video than by struggling through a more complex textbook where up to 75% of the vocabulary may be new to the student . Additionally, watching a video requires the teacher to take several breaks to discuss and take notes. Another Internet favorite among bilingual and ELL teachers is Google Image®. English language learners are highly visual learners, and Google Image® provides a wide range of images for almost any topic a teacher could imagine. For example, a teacher talking about diversity might ask students to voluntarily name their country of origin and use Google Image® to display that country's flag. Google Image® can also be used for comparisons or to create a vocabulary of content; teachers can type the word seal and see how many different visual representations of the word seal are shown (animal vs. family
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