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 i28IgrI08477; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:42:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:42:53 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20040308184029.86362.qmail@web60405.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: Jennifer Girard <jgirard2@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10003] Re: Level 0-1 Courses X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 4210 Lines: 115 Mona et al: I'm currently using a curriculum called MELT (Mainstream English Language Training, produced by the Office of Refugee Resettlement). It basically covers what you're describing, mostly functional but with some grammatical structures listed. There are curricula for SPL Levels 0-1, 2-3 and 4-5 (0 being pre-literate and 5 being high-intermediate). I got my copy from the Spring Institute at www.spring-institute.org several months ago (the document was entitled Performance-Based Curricula and Outcomes). Unfortunately, I no longer see it listed on their website, though you may be able to contact them and get a copy. If you can't get it from them, let me know and I can arrange to send it to you. Jennifer Girard ESL Coordinator Refugee Resettlement Office Catholic Social Services Charlotte, NC USA --- Mona Curtis <MCurtis@tvcc.cc> wrote: > I don't have curricula to offer you, but I > think it's great that the teachers are being > given the opportunity to design and develop the > course. It's something I haven't heard a lot > about. As I mentioned in a previous post, I am > working on an ESL curricula for the college > that will both satisfy the states mandates for > objectives in each level and our reality of > extemely multilevel classes. I think I have > come up with something that I am going to > present to the teachers in our upcoming > inservice. I want to focus on the multilevel > aspect of our classes. We already have a > curricula identifying strands of content. 1. > Personal INformation, 2. > Time/Calendar/Weather, 3. Employment, 4. > Health/Medical, > 5. Telephone, 6. Shopping/Money/Banking and I > am thinking of adding 2 morey, namely 7. > Literacy/Writing 8. Reading > > I have started making a checklist of what > things need to be convered at each level in > each area. For example, at Level 1 in > Shopping/Money/Banking students will only have > to identify the coins and bill, in the next > level they would have to know how to sign a > check, in the next, interpret a paycheck and > determine the gross and net pay, etc, etc. > > However it's not all functional, there are > grammatical/structural concepts to be covered > in each level as well. For example, in > Personal INformation Level 1 needs to Respond > to the question "How are you?" They need to > know how to use "to be" in the present, and > also negative. For example, I am not tired. I > am bored. Later they'll learn questions, > Action Verbs, do, does, etc. past tense of > irregular verbs and all the things associated > with a progressive ESL curriculum. Does anyone > know of any material out there that gives an > appropriate progression of difficulty in things > like this. > > Mona Curtis > ESL Coordinator > Treasure Valley Community College > 650 College Blvd. > Ontario, OR 97914 > www.tvcc.cc > 541-881-8822 x 316 > fax 541-881-2747 > > >>> Tnahim@aol.com 03/03/04 06:44AM >>> > Hello Everyone, > Teachers at our Institute have been given the > opportunity to design and develop our own > courses. The range of courses in the program > are small, and students have indicated they > wanted more than "general" or "intensive" ESL. > I have taught the pre-beginning (Level 0) and > beginning (Level 1) classes). Therefore, I wld > like to develop two courses which might speak > to these needs: (1) a conversation course that > focuses on pronunciation/listening and speaking > and (2) a writing and communication course "for > the real world". The students are mainly adults > in their early-late 20s. > Does anyone have suggestions for curricula, > books, materials to help formulate these types > of courses? Or perhaps wld like to share their > own course descriptions/curricula. Emphasis is > not on books here (my hat's off to Andres)since > I have many of my own ready made materials. > Suggestions esp for tapes/videos/cds are also > needed. The classes would meet once per week > for 3 hrs. Please reply to the list (so all cld > see the responses) or directly. > Thanks, > Terri Nahim > tnahim@aol.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com
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