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Hello, I am looking for someone to write an article on Computer Technology Provides Opportunities for the Application of English Language Skills for ESL Learners. It needs to be at least 1500 words. The simultaneous increase of educational computers in our schools and of minority students does not, however, signify equal access to technology for all students. According to U.S. Department of Education (1995) data, nearly 40% of African-American and Hispanic children in Grades 1 through 6 did not use computers, whereas about 20% of their Euro-American counterparts did not. Although the school gap between minority student computer use and majority computer use is closing (Milone & Salpeter, 44), partly because of Title I funding for computer purchases, schools with minority populations still have more students per computer (Trotter, 1997). In fact, a recent study by the Educational Testing Service (Trotter) found that schools with a 90% or higher minority student population have a student-to-multi-media-computer ratio of about 30:1. Moreover, minorities are much less likely to have access to computers at home. Almost 31% of White students in Grades 1 through 6 reports using a computer at home, compared to about 9% of African-American students and 7% of Hispanic students (U.S. Department of Education). Furthermore, low-SES multicultural schools tend to have the fewest computers (Committee for Economic Development, 1995). Unfortunately, proficiency with information technology is strongly related to access to computers beyond the school (Martinez, 396). Yet minority students have less computer experience and are less likely to select occupations that require computer applications (Oakes, 153). As a result, Hispanic children with limited English proficiency have more anxiety, less confidence, and less positive attitudes toward computers than comparable majority students (Bohlin & Bohlin, 24).

Access to computers moderates the opportunities that LEP learners have for cognitive, social, and language development. Computers, as Dickinson (1996, 9) suggests, influence how we think, learn, and solve problems.&nbsp.Computers provide students with an understanding of how information is retrieved, managed, and manipulated (Martinez, 399).