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ELL accommodations for everyone


Learning English isn’t easy: young learners from other language backgrounds can come to your classroom feeling isolated from their peers and their work.

Dedicated reading support can open the door to comprehension and participation... but what happens when you’ve got many different learners in a class who each need an ELL teacher to support them?

Make the grade with a reading pen


A text-to-speech reading pen has the power to boost proficiency levels and support your ELLs in their knowledge-building, comprehension and fluency, ensuring an equity of opportunity in your classroom in line with WIDA ELD standards.

With the right tech for the job, you can ensure that they’re able to immerse themselves in learning from the very first time they enter your classroom, and communicate with their friends with confidence.

Differentiation for ELL students made easy!

But those learning English in your class will each have different speaking and reading fluency levels, and different levels of language immersion at home. Reading supports have to be agile, and work with your ELL's unique needs as they grow into their new language.

That’s why we’ve made ours so customizable. From scanning speed, word pause and language options, your learners can create a personal plan that develops and grows with their language skills.

Support that crosses the language barrier


And whilst it’s important to develop their English reading skills, ELL accommodations need to be agile: workable ELL strategies might require support in other languages, too.

Reading tech with multiple language options is a great way to foster fluency of speaking and reading for bilingual learners, as well as provide them with a consistent language model without a specialist ELL teacher in the room.

Here’s how we’re supporting ELL learners with C-Pen Reader 2:

“I honestly can’t find the words to describe the impact it had on one of my students. This child was able to take a test and feel independent for the first time in his life.”

— Special Education Teacher, Cerro Gordo Elementary

Check out our free trials for schools!


We know that you want to explore for yourself, and discover how these devices could support English Language Learners in your own classroom. That’s why we offer a FREE trial for schools and educators.

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