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 fALNcI008846; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:38:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:38:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <F87igPasSmz6UuEhjJ800009def@hotmail.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: "libby adams" <libbyadams@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:6749] Re: Illiterate in primary language X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 5868 Lines: 178 To Betty and all, I also teach in an ABE/ESL literacy program. I've been collecting various flashcards and found the Flipping Phonics booklet. Could you let me know which books/cards/materials/publishers have been helpful for you? It sounds like we're in the same boat. Libby Adams ESOL/Literacy teacher Hubbs Center Minneapolis, MN >From: Betty Stone <bjstone13@yahoo.com> >Reply-To: nifl-esl@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:6745] Re: Illiterate in primary language >Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:31:54 -0500 (EST) > > > No matter what text you might "adopt," don't forget the value of teaching >basic phonemic awareness to low literacy students: the sounds each letter >makes matched to the letters themselves, how letters blend (bl-, gl, pr-, >etc.) - in a nutshell, phonics. OUr program accomplishes this by creating >LOTS and LOTS of manipulatives: matching cards, exercises where learners >point to or show cards of letters that go with sounds, etc. Combined with >whole language activities that work on content relevant to adult learners' >needs, and depend a lot on context and often pictures, the learners start >to develop some literacy along with (usually more advanced) speaking >skills. New Readers PRess has aneat little aid called Flippin' Phonics >where students can flip to get different consonant-vowel -consonent >patterns. Basic readings that focus on a pattern (e.g. short a) at a time >reinforce skills. >In the end, there is an enormous amount of customizing that is necessary at >this level, and also, a recognition that if the learners don't already know >the sounds each of the letters in the English alphabet make, they must have >this down well (decoding) before they can learn to read for meaning >(comprehension). ESOL training programs seem to be getting on the >bandwagon in this area, but for many decades they kind of assumed all >ESL/ESOL learners already "knew how to read." With these learners, make no >assumptions...We've got to teach it all. Have fun and find a ready (and >free) source of scrap paper at a local printer so you can make lots of >alphabet and sound pattern cards. >Betty Stone > Corinne Moran <cmoranmv@gis.net> wrote: Amy >Thank you. I'll send for the Longman text. Happy Thanksgiving. >Corinne Moran > > >---------- > >From: "Amy Finch" > >To: Multiple recipients of list > >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:6741] Re: Illiterate in primary language > >Date: Tue, Nov 20, 2001, 11:46 PM > > > > > Hi Corinne, > > > > My experience is similar to Dottie's -- many of my students are > > pre-literate. My program uses the Longman ESL Literacy text. Using this > > text in conjunction with a picture dictionary has worked very well for >my > > classes. Good luck! > > > > Amy Finch > > Minneapolis Public Schools Adult Basic Ed > > amyeff@worlnet.att.net > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Corinne Moran > > To: Multiple recipients of list > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:46 AM > > Subject: [NIFL-ESL:6736] Illiterate in primary language > > > > > >> > THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not > > understand > >> this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > >> > >> --MS_Mac_OE_3089097683_108237_MIME_Part > >> Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >> Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >> > >> I coordinate our volunteer ESL program. We have a man in his forties >who > >> speaks no English and cannot read or write in his native language > >> (Portuguese). > >> Our tutors are not trained to teach reading, and others who can teach > >> reading are not trained in ESL. > >> I don't know yet whether there is a problem like dyslexia etc. I >believe > > it > >> is best to teach an adult non-reader in his primary language, but he >needs > >> survival English. > >> I assume he's gotten this far by using other senses. Using aural/oral > >> techniques, dialogues, TPR, pictures, music etc. we should be able to >help > >> him communicate, but what about the reading/writing? > >> Anyone with experience? > >> Corinne Moran > >> ESL Coordinator, Martha's Vineyard Volunteers for Literacy > >> cmoranmv@gis.net > >> > >> > >> --MS_Mac_OE_3089097683_108237_MIME_Part > >> Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" > >> Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> I coordinate our volunteer ESL program. We have a man in his > > fort= > >> ies who > > >> speaks no English and cannot read or write in his native language > > >> (Portuguese). > > >> Our tutors are not trained to teach reading, and others who can teach > > >> reading are not trained in ESL. > > >> I don't know yet whether there is a problem like dyslexia etc. I > > beli= > >> eve it > > >> is best to teach an adult non-reader in his primary language, but he > > needs<= > >> BR> > >> survival English. > > >> I assume he's gotten this far by using other senses. Using aural/oral > > >> techniques, dialogues, TPR, pictures, music etc. we should be able to > > help<= > >> BR> > >> him communicate, but what about the reading/writing? > > >> Anyone with experience? > > >> Corinne Moran > > >> ESL Coordinator, Martha's Vineyard Volunteers for Literacy > > >> cmoranmv@gis.net > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> --MS_Mac_OE_3089097683_108237_MIME_Part-- > >> > >> > >Betty J. Stone >ESOL Program Administrator >SCALE - Somerville Center for Adult Learning Experiences >167 Holland Street, Somerville, MA 02144 >Phone: 617-625-6600, Ext. 6933 >FAX: 617-623-8528 >bjstone13@yahoo.com > > >--------------------------------- >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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