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 i2FGhXI09482; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:43:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 11:43:33 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20040315164122.52784.qmail@web11007.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: Ujwala Samant <lalumineuse@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10044] RE: adult ed ESL requirements X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 1117 Lines: 40 --- Frances Keenan <fkeenan@pbs.org> wrote: > I think volunteer teaching or tutoring experience > with adults should be > a qualification. I do not think we should rely on > academic > qualifications or licensing when academic programs > are so few and far > between and licensing/certfication is still so > uneven. > > Of course, training is important and should be > provided to those who > have qualifications. You can learn to teach ESL in a > variety of ways! > > Fran<< I completely agree. I have found that requiring certification (and that doesn't mean certification in teaching adults or ESOL, it ends up meaning any form of teaching certification) can mean a recipe for disaster. Systematic and consistent training in adult teaching and ESOL are what most teachers said they found helpful. There are so few programmes available to teachers of adults and ESOL, that I think the only sensible (and practical) way of handling the situation is training. regards, Ujwala > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com
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