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 i2HCelI06104; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:40:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:40:47 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20040317123729.47721.qmail@web11002.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:10075] Re: certification X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 1189 Lines: 32 >>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.<< Good for Florida! That seems very sensible when we are really not teaching adults English as a subject! Great point Tanya! When I was at Rutgers this was another point of discussion: literacy in adults is also viewed in the same manner as K-12. International definitions of adult literacy (UNESCO. etc.) go beyond seeing literacy as reading and writing. Adult literacy includes techniracy, numeracy, life skills, vocational skills, all those practical aspects of ESOL that you mention. As a field I really believe we need to have a separate, clearer identity that differentiates K-12 education from adult literacy. regards, Ujwala __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com
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