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Hello all
I used to read this list more assidiously than I do now - it's a useful one to subscribe to, if you have space in your life for more email discussion. This thread caught my eye - a discussion of resources for new ESOL teachers - which includes something about resources for beginner ESOL literacy learners. A lot of useful info here, particularly from CAL - the Centre for Applied Linguistics - in the US.
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Cheers
James
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1. [ELA 7178] Re: Resources for New ESOL Teachers? (Bryan Woerner)
2. [ELA 7179] Re: Resources for New ESOL Teachers? (Tricia Priestley)
3. [ELA 7180] review of texts (Paul Rogers)
4. [ELA 7181] Re: review of texts (Maria Caratini-Prado)
5. [ELA 7182] Review of texts/ Resources for New ESOL Teachers
(Gusman Edouard)
6. [ELA 7183] Some mentions Silent Way (Judy Rittenhouse)
7. [ELA 7184] ANNOUNCEMENT: [job posting] Boston Center for
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Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 12:11:46 -0400
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Hello Jennifer,
The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) has many resources online as
Peg pointed out. To help narrow the range, you can view CAL's adult ESL
resources page at http://www.cal.org/adultesl/index.php as well as the
Developing Oral Proficiency website (www.cal.org/adultspeak).
I also did a presentation at TESOL 2008 on finding adult ESL websites
(http://www.slideshare.net/bmwTESOL/finding-and-evaluating-websites-for-
esol-instruction). You can find the list of websites I gathered from my
own searches as well as the suggestions given to me by the audience at
http://www.slideshare.net/bmwTESOL/additional-adult-esl-websites.
I have used Side by Side many times. The Activity Book goes well with
the student text, but I didn't always use it that way. In my opinion,
the textbook's activities are not organized well and are lacking in
variety. I used the Activity Book often as classroom activities during a
lesson (in addition to my own materials) and the textbook as warm-up and
review. I find the Activity Book to be more engaging and gets students
to use the language more than the text. I've even used it when working
with other textbook series. This is my opinion, but I hope it helps.
Bryan Woerner
Center for Applied Linguistics
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Hello Jennifer,
I've been teaching Beginning ESOL students for the past 5 years. Our
program uses the "Side by Side" Curriculum: Student Book I and Activity
Book. I like it! I also use "Learner's Lives as Curriculum" which
basically is student generated stories. You can go to Thinkfinity.org
and learn more about Learner's Lives as Curriculum through their
Professional Development category.
Most of all, enjoy your students! They're such interesting people!
Hope this helps!
Maggie
Maggie O'Leary
Director of Literacy, Girls' Project
YWCA of Westmoreland County
Phone: 724-834-9390
Fax: 724-834-9391
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Subject: [ELA 7171] Resources for New ESOL Teachers?
Hello All,
I am a new ESOL teacher and thought I would appeal to the list for help.
I have been working with ESOL students as a career/postsecondary
counselor but have a lot more to learn about teaching. I would
appreciate any resources (websites, books etc), tips, and advice for
teaching ESOL.
Thanks!
Jennifer
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Hi Jennifer
I teach ESOL in Sussex and we don't have a lot of resources apart from access to the Skills for Life Materials published by the DfES. There is a lot of criticism of these and they need adapting but they can give you a guide to the contexts and language areas you can work with.
www.excellencegateway.org.uk
- also the Talent website which is a free login site to access loads of resources from grammar materials to lesson plans on many different topics and levels -
www.talent.ac.uk
I also use Penguin Quick Reads to find texts and stories that are
outside the everyday materials focussed on for exams etc.
There are many websites including the BBC Learning English pages that contain a lot of useful materials.
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
All the best
Tricia Priestley
ESOL tutor
West Sussex ACLS
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I am a new ESOL teacher and thought I would appeal to the list for help. I have been working with ESOL students as a career/postsecondary counselor but have a lot more to learn about teaching. I would appreciate any resources (websites, books etc), tips, and advice for teaching ESOL.
Thanks!
Jennifer
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Maggie et al,
There needs to be a list of avalable texts for teacher to review. Side By Side is? considered boring by many students, plus the print is too small for adults. I?began to write my own texts because of the inadequacies of various texts.
The question is - what lessons should a text contain?
I have the original German text that I used in High School and in lessthan 300 pages it covers the basic vocabulary plus all the verb tenses. I think we went through it in six months.
I am curious to know how and what and by what method ESL is taught, especially for students who enter the class knowing little or no English.
Paul Rogers
Hello Jennifer,
?
I?ve been teaching Beginning ESOL students for the past 5 years. Our program uses the ?Side by Side? Curriculum: Student Book I? and Activity Book. I like it! ?I also use ?Learner?s Lives as Curriculum? which basically is student generated stories. You can go to Thinkfinity.org and learn more about Learner?s Lives as Curriculum through their Professional Development category.
?
Most of all, enjoy your students! They?re such interesting people!
?
Hope this helps!
Maggie
?
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Director of Literacy, Girls' Project
YWCA of Westmoreland County
Phone: 724-834-9390
Fax: 724-834-9391
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Hello All,
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I am a new ESOL teacher and thought I would appeal to the list for help.?I have been working with ESOL students?as a career/postsecondary counselor but have a lot more to learn about teaching.??I would appreciate any resources (websites, books etc), tips, and advice for teaching ESOL.
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Hello,
I have taught the ESL class for students with little or no English for
many years. I use the following methods and techniques in my class: (1)
an alternative to the Silent Way, (2) a lot of TPR, (3) conversation
practice and (4) demonstrations. I have used a variety of textbooks and
have found Stand Out Basic, Foundations and many McGraw Hill textbooks
to be adequate. I develop manual exercises, so that my students can
learn to manipulate the letters of the alphabet (Scrabble tiles and
magnetic letters come in handy for this purpose). Stand Out Basic has a
writing workbook that works very well. I look forward to reading other
responses today.
Maria Caratini Prado, Director
ELLA, English Language Learning Advisement
Professor of ESOL
Division of Arts, Language and Literature
Eastfield College
3737 Motley Drive, Mesquite Tx 75150
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>>> Paul Rogers <[log in to unmask]> 5/16/2011 12:13 PM >>>
Maggie et al,
There needs to be a list of avalable texts for teacher to review. Side
By Side is considered boring by many students, plus the print is too
small for adults. I began to write my own texts because of the
inadequacies of various texts.
The question is - what lessons should a text contain?
I have the original German text that I used in High School and in
lessthan 300 pages it covers the basic vocabulary plus all the verb
tenses. I think we went through it in six months.
I am curious to know how and what and by what method ESL is taught,
especially for students who enter the class knowing little or no
English.
Paul Rogers
Hello Jennifer,
I*ve been teaching Beginning ESOL students for the past 5 years. Our
program uses the *Side by Side* Curriculum: Student Book I and Activity
Book. I like it! I also use *Learner*s Lives as Curriculum* which
basically is student generated stories. You can go to Thinkfinity.org
and learn more about Learner*s Lives as Curriculum through their
Professional Development category.
Most of all, enjoy your students! They*re such interesting people!
Hope this helps!
Maggie
Maggie O'Leary
Director of Literacy, Girls' Project
YWCA of Westmoreland County
Phone: 724-834-9390
Fax: 724-834-9391
Email: [log in to unmask] (
[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]
)
Website: www.ywcawestmoreland.org
"Be kinder than necessary for everyone you meet is fighting some kind
of battle."
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Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 5:32 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [ELA 7171] Resources for New ESOL Teachers?
Hello All,
I am a new ESOL teacher and thought I would appeal to the list for
help. I have been working with ESOL students as a career/postsecondary
counselor but have a lot more to learn about teaching. I would
appreciate any resources (websites, books etc), tips, and advice for
teaching ESOL.
Thanks!
Jennifer
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Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 15:00:18 -0400
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Hi to you all from Charm City,
My name is Gusman Edouard, but I go by Teddy. Just wanted to try to provide some elements of answers to Paul?s question on how, what and by what method ESL is taught, especially to low level ESL learners. Hope my take on that issue will be helpful to Jennifer as well.
Well, wish I could name the perfect method , but it doesn?t exist. However, considering all the methods together, there are many essential ideas to effective ESL teaching that you can pull out from them. Let?s list a few of those ideas:
1- The most common framework is PPU/PPP (presentation, practice and use or production). This is what most of the textbooks out there follow. PPP/U helps structures and sequenced lessons and therefore make them more accessible to learners.
2- Another framework is PDP to teach receptive skills (reading, listening). It stand for pre, during, post reading/ listening.
3- Instructional scaffolding, especially with learners that have no English. Another way to put it is to use lots of visuals (posters, pictures, map, realia, authentic materials) and modeling. To avoid frustration and high rate of drop out, modeling is the way to go with learners that know little English. Low level ESL learners need to be exposed to language, see patterns and samples so that can they start practicing, remembering language and eventually internalize some structures.
4- Facilitating learner-centered classroom is important. Keeping classroom instructions relevant to learners? needs and take their contribution into account help a lot. On top of that provide time for them to use the materials at hand.
5- Don?t do for learners what they can do for themselves.
6- Multisensory instructions are helpful; therefore learning styles are to be taken into consideration.
7- Low level earners can use their L1 to help them learn other English. They can use L1 to clarify explanations and instructions in L2.
8- The ECRIF framework that describes the learning stages that people go through when learning languages. Encounter, clarification, remembering, internalization and fluently use. In order for teaching to be effective we need to be able to identify where our learners are in their learning process and what materials can help them move to the next stage. Don?t believe there?s a textbook on the face on the planet that can incorporate everything an ESL teacher needs in order to do that type of work.
9- But above everything teacher?s ability to reflect for action (planning) and in action (while teaching) is critical;
Best,
Teddy
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Adult Literacy & ESOL Program
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Subject: [ELA 7180] review of texts
Maggie et al,
There needs to be a list of avalable texts for teacher to review. Side By Side is considered boring by many students, plus the print is too small for adults. I began to write my own texts because of the inadequacies of various texts.
The question is - what lessons should a text contain?
I have the original German text that I used in High School and in lessthan 300 pages it covers the basic vocabulary plus all the verb tenses. I think we went through it in six months.
I am curious to know how and what and by what method ESL is taught, especially for students who enter the class knowing little or no English.
Paul Rogers
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Ms. Caratini-Prado, please say more about "an alternative
to the Silent Way".
Judy Rittenhouse, ProJeCt of Easton, PA
On Mon, 16 May 2011 13:25:33 -0500
"Maria Caratini-Prado" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have taught the ESL class for students with little or
>no English for
> many years. I use the following methods and techniques
>in my class: (1)
> an alternative to the Silent Way, (2) a lot of TPR, (3)
>conversation
> practice and (4) demonstrations. I have used a variety
>of textbooks and
> have found Stand Out Basic, Foundations and many McGraw
>Hill textbooks
> to be adequate. I develop manual exercises, so that my
>students can
> learn to manipulate the letters of the alphabet
>(Scrabble tiles and
> magnetic letters come in handy for this purpose). Stand
>Out Basic has a
> writing workbook that works very well. I look forward
>to reading other
> responses today.
>
>
>
>
>
> Maria Caratini Prado, Director
>
> ELLA, English Language Learning Advisement
> Professor of ESOL
> Division of Arts, Language and Literature
> Eastfield College
> 3737 Motley Drive, Mesquite Tx 75150
> email: [log in to unmask]
> Phone: 972-860-7659
>Fax: 972-860-7248
>
>
> P please consider the environment before printing this
>email
>
>
>
>
>>>> Paul Rogers <[log in to unmask]> 5/16/2011 12:13 PM
>>>>>>>
>
> Maggie et al,
> There needs to be a list of avalable texts for teacher
>to review. Side
> By Side is considered boring by many students, plus the
>print is too
> small for adults. I began to write my own texts because
>of the
> inadequacies of various texts.
> The question is - what lessons should a text contain?
> I have the original German text that I used in High
>School and in
> lessthan 300 pages it covers the basic vocabulary plus
>all the verb
> tenses. I think we went through it in six months.
> I am curious to know how and what and by what method ESL
>is taught,
> especially for students who enter the class knowing
>little or no
> English.
> Paul Rogers
>
>
>
> Hello Jennifer,
>
>
>
> I*ve been teaching Beginning ESOL students for the past
>5 years. Our
> program uses the *Side by Side* Curriculum: Student Book
>I and Activity
> Book. I like it! I also use *Learner*s Lives as
>Curriculum* which
> basically is student generated stories. You can go to
>Thinkfinity.org
> and learn more about Learner*s Lives as Curriculum
>through their
> Professional Development category.
>
>
>
> Most of all, enjoy your students! They*re such
>interesting people!
>
>
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Maggie
>
>
>
> Maggie O'Leary
>
> Director of Literacy, Girls' Project
>
> YWCA of Westmoreland County
>
> Phone: 724-834-9390
>
>Fax: 724-834-9391
>
> Email: [log in to unmask] (
> [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]
> )
>
> Website: www.ywcawestmoreland.org
>
> "Be kinder than necessary for everyone you meet is
>fighting some kind
> of battle."
>
>From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
>Of Jennifer
> Bowman
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 5:32 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [ELA 7171] Resources for New ESOL Teachers?
>
>
>
>
> Hello All,
>
>
>
> I am a new ESOL teacher and thought I would appeal to
>the list for
> help. I have been working with ESOL students as a
>career/postsecondary
> counselor but have a lot more to learn about teaching.
> I would
> appreciate any resources (websites, books etc), tips,
>and advice for
> teaching ESOL.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Jennifer
>
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Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 16:39:04 -0400
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Subject: [ELA 7184] ANNOUNCEMENT: [job posting] Boston Center for
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The Boston Center for Adult Education's re-vamped ESL program is looking
for an experienced, qualified, creative, outgoing, and energetic ESL
instructor to teach the intermediate level starting May 31st. We also
have part-time positions available evenings starting in July.
The program is seeking instructors who are dedicated to helping people
reach their English language goals and are capable of managing a diverse
group of multicultural adults in an urban setting by creating materials
and developing lesson plans around individual and communal classroom
needs. Our pedagogy relies on participatory curriculum development and
experiential learning methodology. Our program runs in four week cycles
Monday through Friday from 9-12 a.m. The next cycle will begin May 31st.
Instructors must either be enrolled in or have completed an ESL MAT
ESOL/TESOL certificate program. Instructors will work closely with the
head teacher and programmer to help develop a solid intermediate
curriculum skeleton. Instructors who are bi or multilingual with
international experience preferred.
If this sounds like you, please send a cover letter explaining what you
will bring to the program and why they are the best candidate for such a
demanding position, and a resume detailing your previous educational and
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Thank you for your time.
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