Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id QAA26180; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:19:12 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:19:12 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <6a72ae9a.368946fc@aol.com> 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: BAUMVV@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:2768] Re: essay on effective teaching X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 214 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Some comments:' Lecturing - Most people teach the way they were taught. ESL teaching is an easy entry field and many people are teaching who have no background, teacher training, staff development or strong knowldedge of the major concepts of the field. Unfortunately, many newcomers are unaware of the body of knowledge that exists that would inform their teaching. College adult ed teacher re "loves what they're doing" - Many college adult ed teachers, work hard to patch together a number of jobs at different places to be able to support themselves. Their working conditions and salaries differ from regular college teachers. Maybe this influences their responses. Myra Baum NYC Bd of Ed - Adult ED
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