Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eBILwX914064; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 16:58:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 16:58:34 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <b8.f4d08d9.276fe1d8@aol.com> 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: BJTeach@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:5390] Re: newspaper summaries X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Unknown sub 149 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_b8.f4d08d9.276fe1d8_boundary" Status: O Content-Length: 1500 Lines: 35 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit One way to get ESL students to summarize news stories is to use the Internet and find the newspaper in their native language.. Have them read it then write a short paragraph in English about what they have read. The native language work gives them the background knowledge they need to write summary. It is difficult to summarize things of which you have no previous knowlege. The old training mantra for adults: "work from what they know to what they don't know" Barb Sabaj District 214 Adult Education & Literacy bjteach@aol.com
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