Reading Prompt # 3

CUMMINS Ch. 4. Technology
EGBERT Ch. 3. Developing and Practicing Listening and Speaking Skills

Cummins et al. discussed the pedagogical divide that separates instruction for low-income and for more affluent students. Discuss some of the technology-supported strategies from their chapter. Also comment on one of the examples from Egbert's chapter and describe how computers can assist ELLs with learning and practicing listening and speaking in English.
Cummins discussed the pedagogical that separate the learning on low-income and for more affluent students. The author explained the support in which technology can be used as a tool to encourage ELL learners to promote literacy and higher level skills in and outside of the classroom. He also mentioned how the three elements: engagement, generativity, and control made more productive students.
Egbert’s chapter describe how computers facilitate their learning while practicing and listening to English with people from different places. It is a multiple facility and form of communication that helps their ELL literacy development.