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From: Paul Rogers <englishtoday2002@yahoo.com>
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Thank you, Miriam, and after a very brief look, I
would like to jump in with an introduction to the
benefits of bilingual or multi-lingual texts, included
"graded readers"(as part of a literature based
approach). I believe that the use of bilingual texts
for beginning studetns will not only "solve" the
drop-out/retention problem, but also will lead to a
more rapid learning of English.
The open enrollment question is interesting, and
it shows that some programs need to be expanded to
accomodate students. I don't think that students
should be blamed for not attending consistently. After
all, most of them work and have children.
Below is an outline of my course for beginning
Spanish speaking students which will be put on the
internet early next year. If anyone is interested, I
can provide materials at cost or nearly free as long
as no profit is made.
Paul Rogers
Outline
Ingles Hoy - English Today - bilingual texts and
cassettes to learn English and other languages. Texts
can easily be tranlated for speakers of languages
other than Spanish.
Lessons include = a. vocabulary, with pronunciation
guide, b. dialogues, c. “quiz” of 5 questions
(translate from English to Spanish, matching, etc.)
Order:
1. saludos
2. alphabet
3. numbers
4. food,
5. let’s go to the market, making
change, etc.
6. let’s go to the restaurant, etc.
7. let’s cook dinner, recipes
8. let’s make a cake, special soup, etc. - recipes
9. let’s have a birthday party.
10. let’s go to school=spelling, adding, subtracting,
telling time, etc.
11. let’s go to the doctor - parts of the body
12. clothing = let’s buy clothes, shoes
13. who’s in your family?
14. what do you do?
15. Review of text - como se dice como se dice?? En
ingles?
16. review of pronunciation concentrating on sounds
difficult for Spanish speakers, such as TH, J,. G,
short i, short u, etc.
C: Grammar text focusing on verb tenses
D: Let’s……...=lessons in the practicalities of
everyday
life
1. rent a house
2. fix the car
3. install a telephone
4. invest in the stock market
5. use a computer
6. start your own business
7. get a job
8. etc.
E: Graded Readers, step by step, bilingual vocabulary:
1. history of US, for citizenship - bilingual, plus
the 100 questions for test.
2. Ricardo and his Family - bilingual
3. science topics
4. stories = famous US stories, told in short version
5. plays/skits/dialogues -
6. poetry- nursery rhymes
7. songs -
F: Full length classical literature, Shakespeare,
Mark Twain, etc, with bilingual dictionaries.
THEORY
1. Bilingual versus monolingual English Only -
bilingual or multilingual texts allow for a transition
or “Building Bridges” approach - “Bridge to
English.”
2. Accumulation then application. Learning
vocabulary,
etc., is part of the accumulation process. At a
certain point student is ready for application, or
active use. Interactive Web course allows for rapid
learning.
3. Other languages - texts can be "reversed" to
learn other languages such as Japanese, Chinese,
Korean, Tagalog.
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