The EFL department at TVU has been looking at the feasibility of using
the e-portfolios for their students. They can be found at:-
http://www.eelp.org/eportfolio/index.html
Whilst the wordiness would make them unsuitable for many of our ESOL
learners, some of the content would be great, if they were adapted to
mesh with the Core Curriculum. Has any one used them before?
Rachel
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Subject: New ESL Release by CAAL
Hello all
Here is a link to a summary of recent US research on ESL (i.e.
ESOL) from the Council for the Advancement of Adult Literacy.
Cheers
James
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Sent: Tue 22/07/2008 13:43
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2751] New ESL Release by CAAL
July 22, 2008, NYC -- The Council for Advancement of Adult
Literacy announces the release of a new resource called Findings in ESL:
A Quick Reference to Findings of CAAL Research on ESL Programs at
Community Colleges. As the name indicates, the publication, written by
CAAL vice president Forrest P. Chisman, is the final in a series from
CAAL on its ESL research since 2004. Due to the high ongoing interest in
ESL service provision, the purpose of Findings in ESL is to make CAAL's
ESL work more readily accessible to general and ESL audiences who may
not have the time to wend their way through its fairly dense full-length
reports. This summary document is available in PDF format from the CAAL
website (www.caalusa.org <http://www.caalusa.org/> , Publications page,
item ESL6). It may be purchased as a bound document directly from CAAL
($10 prepaid plus postage, [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> for instructions). The four main research
reports summarized in this Reference document are also available at the
CAAL website, each for $20 prepaid plus postage. They are: Adult ESL and
the Community College (2004, 59 pp.); Passing the Torch: Strategies for
Innovation in Community College ESL (2007, 153 pp.); Torchlights in ESL:
Five Community College Profiles (2007, 123 pp.); Pathways and Outcomes:
Tracking ESL Student Performance (2008, 212 pp.)--items ESL1 through
ESL5.
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