[NIFL-ESL:9637] Re: Advanced, non-academic writing textbooks

From: Joyce Juarez (jjuarez@sbcsc.k12.in.us)
Date: Wed Nov 19 2003 - 14:29:50 EST


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You may want to preview the series Workplace Plus Levels 1-4 by Joan 
Saslow from Addison Wesley Longman (longman.com) a division of Pearson 
Education. It would be a good place to get some ideas that could be 
adapted for your group.
Joyce Juarez
South Bend, IN

"CC - Amanda Harrison-Perez, Immigration & Refugee"@nifl.gov wrote:

>I am planning to offer a writing class for a group of advanced students (SPL
>6-8 and beyond) in connection with the Employment Services program in my
>agency.  Through discussions with several of the potential participants, I
>have found out that they have the following goals for a writing class:
>1. Improve spelling
>2. Improve punctuation and sentence structure.
>3. Practice real-world writing (i.e. memos, e-mail, short reports, etc.)
>They are not interested in academic writing.  Several expressed interest in
>dictations as a way to work on their spelling; they want the connection
>between the oral and written word.
>
>Can anyone recommend a textbook or a combination of textbooks that would be
>useful in such a writing class?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Amanda S. Harrison-Perez
>ESL Program Manager
>Catholic Charities' Immigration and Refugee Services
>
>
>  
>



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