Teachers in English Language Learning classrooms have long faced the challenge of working with children who have diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and wide-ranging linguistic skill sets. A child from El Salvador, for example, will need to practice different pronunciation and stress patterns than a child from Vietnam. Technology can help teachers effectively ensure that all of their students' varied needs are met. This review focuses on new offerings for language acquisition in beginning and lower-intermediate programs. Software-based ELLIS Academic Suite 3.0, English for Kids, and First English are all appropriate in content and design for middle and high school students, while browser-based CompassLearning Odyssey ELL Elementary is best suited to a younger, primary-grade audience. Among these four offerings are considerable differences in skill management, core emphasis, and complementing animation.