Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id JAA21791; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:39:51 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:39:51 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <001701bf3b40$09eaed00$06051ad8@dombril> Errors-To: listowner@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: "Dominique" <dombril@teleport.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:3800] Re: adult ESL -- community colleges X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: RO Content-Length: 1850 Lines: 51 Dottie, Here are the answers to your questions for Portland Community College Oregon >Adult ESL instructors in community colleges -- > >For the LOWEST SKILL LEVEL (Level 0 or whatever you call it): >1. How long are your class sessions & how many days/week? Our sessions are 3 hours. WE have two options : an integrated class which address the 4 language skills and that is 6 hours a week and/or a reading/writing class which is 3 hours a week. >2. How many weeks are the courses, semesters or whatever? Fall, winter, and spring are 10 weeks; summer is 8 weeks. >3. How many days/week can students attend? > A student can attend 2 days a week ( 6 hours) of an integrated class or 9 hours : 6 hours integrated + 3 hours of Reading /Writing >4. Can students enroll in more than one section of the same course? (Ex.: >if classes meet M/W & T/Th, may students enroll in BOTH >sections?) No! This would be a duplication of services. > >5. What curriculum or text do you use? At this point, our curriculum is competency based with survival themes (food, shopping, health etc..) However our staff is engaged in rewriting the curriculum so it is outcome-based. The book for the lowest level is "Survival English", although our instructors use other sources, books, handouts as supplemental materials. > >6. Who decides/chooses the curriculum/text? Our SACC (Subject Area Curriculum Committee) which voting memebers are both full-time and part-time > >7. Is the EXACT same course (same # hours, text) offered to both morning & >evening sections? Yes. > >8. If a different # of hours is offered in one time slot than another >(Ex.: 4 days X 2hrs/day in the morning; 2 days X 2hrs/day >in the evening), IS IT THE SAME COURSE? N/A Dominique Brillanceau ESL instructor Portland Community College Portland, Oregon
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