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 h1KDSlP09786; Thu, 20 Feb 2003 08:28:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 08:28:47 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20030220132204.50690.qmail@web40902.mail.yahoo.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: Robb Scott <jayhawk76@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8540] Re: Esl/Esol X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 1556 Lines: 42 I think it is inevitable that we will tend to use shorter acronyms over longer ones. ESOL is used in Kansas in talking about the training P-12 teachers need in order to meet the needs of their culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) English language learners (ELLs). One nice thing about ESL is that it reminds us of Jim Cummins' emphasis on the learning of English being an additive process rather than supplanting a child's first language. It is interesting to note that fully half or more of the 5,000 readers monthly who access our online newsletter, ESL MiniConference, are English teaching professionals from overseas. I think even when we take into account the different emphases and different resources available to English teachers in other countries--who usually refer to what they are doing as EFL--there are enough commonalities that the acronym ESL still works as perhaps the most widely used, most generally acknowledged term for what we all are trying to facilitate. And I agree with the person who suggested we just call it English, because I think ESL teachers, particularly those who enjoy using literature and composition, are doing something similar to what English teachers do everywhere: helping students understand others and express themselves clearly through this wonderful language. Best regards, Robb Scott, Editor ESL MiniConference Online http://www.ESLminiconf.net/aboutus.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
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