Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost.nifl.gov [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA14183; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 21:47:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 21:47:19 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199712040248.VAA07414@mail.esn.net> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Barbara Kornegay" <bkornegay@esn.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:1529] Re: Three New Free NCLE Digests! (long) X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 Status: RO Content-Length: 4064 Lines: 89 Miriam, Thanks for your info on the books. Our church is sponsoring a Bosnian refugee family and they are really trying hard to learn English. I am very interested in the recreation part in the second book you mentioned. I have taught a lot of adults in settings not like the refugee one. It is a much harder job to learn a new language when you never expect to return to your homeland and get to use you mother tongue. These challenges are tough, but I love my Bosnian family. Do you know of any things that will help them--the adults were professionals in Bosnia--but they did not know a work of English in September when they arrived. Help! ---------- > From: Miriam Burt <miriam@cal.org> > To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> > Subject: [NIFL-ESL:1526] Three New Free NCLE Digests! (long) > Date: Wednesday, December 03, 1997 10:25 AM > > The National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education has published > three new digests: > > 1. "Social Identity and the Adult ESL Classroom," by Char Ullman. > (Yes! This is the digest from Char who guest hosted discussion on this > topic on this list last summer!) > > The act of immigrating to a new country will affect a person's social > identity. Some people experience the change so profoundly that it is more > an act of self re-creation than a temporary adjustment. This digest > discusses theories of social identity and language learning. It also gives > suggestions for classroom activities teachers can use to support their > adult ESL learners in the process of self-recreation --with the ultimate > goal of making language learning more effective. > > > 2. "The Adult ESL Teaching Profession," by MaryAnn Cunningham Florez > > Approximately two thirds of adult education programs currently provide > instructional services for limited English proficient learners. This digest > looks at what it means to be an adult ESL teacher: what the teacher > does, what challenges and rewards this work brings, and what training > is available and advisable for this profession. It offers suggestions and > lists resources to help both those who are just considering a career in > adult ESL instruction and those who wish to continue to grow as a > professional. > > > 3."Using Volunteers as Aides in the Adult ESL Classroom," by Celia > Wiehe Arnade > > Two years ago NCLE published a digest called "English as a Second > Language in Volunteer-based Programs" (Schlussberg and Muller, 1995) > looking at programs where the primary instruction is given by unpaid > tutors or teachers. This digest focuses on using volunteers as teacher > aides. It discusses the benefits of involving volunteers as aides and > gives concrete suggestions for recruiting, training, and managing > volunteers. > > Please DO NOT hit the reply button to order any of these > publications! That will publish your request to the whole list and > needlessly pollute the airwaves! Read the paragraph below on > how to order/retrieve these publications. > > ERIC/NCLE digests are available free of charge from the National > Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education, 1118 22nd Street NW, > Washington, DC 20037; (202) 429-9292, ext. 200; email: ncle@cal. org; > or they can be downloaded from the World Wide Web at > www.cal.org/ncle > > One quick note: > > Upcoming digests may include such topics as using software in the adult > ESL classroom; teaching adults in family literacy programs for ESL > learners; content-based instruction in the adult ESL classroom; and > assessment, standards, outcomes: what do they mean for adult ESL > programs? > > What do you think of these topics? > Are there any other topics you would like to see explored? > > Now is your time to hit the reply button and gives us your > thoughts and suggestions! Thank you! > > Miriam Burt > Publications Coordinator, NCLE > ***************************************************************** > visit NCLE on the World Wide Web: www.cal.org/ncle > ***************************************************************** > >
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