Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i28Lf2I12196; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 16:41:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 16:41:02 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <CFA0B6B409EBD411ABBF0000F8CD206C06FECD86@CREXC01> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: bodman@ucc.edu To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1163] Re: Level 0-1 Courses X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2655.55) Status: O Content-Length: 3600 Lines: 89 English in Action by Foley and Neblett Interchange Intro by Richards Jean Bodman Union County College bodman@ucc.edu Work: 908-965-6096 Home: 609-695-6567 -----Original Message----- From: Mona Curtis [mailto:MCurtis@tvcc.cc] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 12:10 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1162] Re: Level 0-1 Courses Mona Curtis ESL Coordinator Treasure Valley Community College 650 College Blvd. Ontario, OR 97914 www.tvcc.cc 541-881-8822 x 316 fax 541-881-2747 >>> MCurtis@tvcc.cc 03/08/04 09:57AM >>> I don't have curricula to offer you, but I think it's great that the teachers are being given the opportunity to design and develop the course. It's something I haven't heard a lot about. As I mentioned in a previous post, I am working on an ESL curricula for the college that will both satisfy the states mandates for objectives in each level and our reality of extemely multilevel classes. I think I have come up with something that I am going to present to the teachers in our upcoming inservice. I want to focus on the multilevel aspect of our classes. We already have a curricula identifying strands of content. 1. Personal INformation, 2. Time/Calendar/Weather, 3. Employment, 4. Health/Medical, 5. Telephone, 6. Shopping/Money/Banking and I am thinking of adding 2 morey, namely 7. Literacy/Writing 8. Reading I have started making a checklist of what things need to be convered at each level in each area. For example, at Level 1 in Shopping/Money/Banking students will only have to identify the coins and bill, in the next level they would have to know how to sign a check, in the next, interpret a paycheck and determine the gross and net pay, etc, etc. However it's not all functional, there are grammatical/structural concepts to be covered in each level as well. For example, in Personal INformation Level 1 needs to Respond to the question "How are you?" They need to know how to use "to be" in the present, and also negative. For example, I am not tired. I am bored. Later they'll learn questions, Action Verbs, do, does, etc. past tense of irregular verbs and all the things associated with a progressive ESL curriculum. Does anyone know of any material out there that gives an appropriate progression of difficulty in things like this. Mona Curtis ESL Coordinator Treasure Valley Community College 650 College Blvd. Ontario, OR 97914 www.tvcc.cc 541-881-8822 x 316 fax 541-881-2747 >>> Tnahim@aol.com 03/03/04 06:44AM >>> Hello Everyone, Teachers at our Institute have been given the opportunity to design and develop our own courses. The range of courses in the program are small, and students have indicated they wanted more than "general" or "intensive" ESL. I have taught the pre-beginning (Level 0) and beginning (Level 1) classes). Therefore, I wld like to develop two courses which might speak to these needs: (1) a conversation course that focuses on pronunciation/listening and speaking and (2) a writing and communication course "for the real world". The students are mainly adults in their early-late 20s. Does anyone have suggestions for curricula, books, materials to help formulate these types of courses? Or perhaps wld like to share their own course descriptions/curricula. Emphasis is not on books here (my hat's off to Andres)since I have many of my own ready made materials. Suggestions esp for tapes/videos/cds are also needed. The classes would meet once per week for 3 hrs. Please reply to the list (so all cld see the responses) or directly. Thanks, Terri Nahim tnahim@aol.com
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