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 i2HCWZI05507; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:32:35 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:32:35 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <031720041228.7708.1750@comcast.net> 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: ttweeton@comcast.net To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10073] Re: certification X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 27 2003) Status: O Content-Length: 2263 Lines: 39 It used to be here in our county that one could hardly get a job teaching ESOL without an English k-12 certification background. Now the emphasis of the curriculum has switched from teaching mostly grammer to an emphasis on teaching catagories in Lifeskills (using the state standards and incorporating grammer in the lessons) with the goal towards getting people into the workforce. The English k-12 requirement (that misguided and uninformed administrators used to insist on )has been totally eclipsed with the new state ESOL curriculum that has been developed in the past 5 years. We are focusing on a much more practical and useful approach. One can't go to the suppermarket with only a knowledge of verbs. An emphasis on grammer wasn't useful, or helping people to get to work.Thankfully those days are gone by. Tanya Tweeton ESOL and GED Fort Lauderdale,Florida > > One of the problems with particular requirements and > certification is, indeed, interpretation and > narrowness. One of the biggest problems is that ESL > gets housed in different departments in different > places so the ESL class may show up as a linguistics > class, or an education class, or an English class on a > transcript. And different institutions will be looking > for different things. For example, one community > college near me wants 18 hours of English courses to > teach ESL, and another wants 18 hours of linguistics > classes to teach ESL, and I have 18 hours of > "education" courses. My 20 years of teaching ESL, > including at the CC level, is irrelevant. > > K-12 certification can be just as tricky but even more > strict. For example, I'm aware of a woman who used to > teach ESL Methods and other core courses for ESL > certification at the the college level, but after > moving to another state now has to take the same > courses she used to teach to get her certification in > that state. > > Several states have instituted special programs that > allow people to get quicker certification if they have > a bachelors or higher but not a teaching degree. You > may want to check out the eduaction departments of > colleges and universities near you to see if they have > such a program. > > Terry Pruett-Said > ESL teacher > Michigan > >
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