Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fA9LeH007148; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 16:40:17 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 16:40:17 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <B24038C0D3E160419E320030D92C22DE4A4D9C@hobbes.cal.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Miriam Burt" <miriam@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:344] Help! They Don't Speak English: New from NCLE X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1626 Lines: 41 Okay, so you're a new adult ESL teacher. Maybe you've taught native speakers before, maybe you've taught kids. But here you are, in Arkansas, or Nebraska, or western Maryland; the 20+ faces that greet you when you open the door of your classroom belong to adult learners from Somalia, Bosnia, Mexico, Iraq, China, Vietnam ... and it's your job to teach them English. Now you know enough not to just speak louder and repeat yourself ad nausea, but you'd like more guidance than that. You'd like to know, for example, how the principles of adult learning apply in ESL contexts, whether second language acquisition theory has anything to offer you, what in the world do you need to know about culture, and which instructional approaches and techniques support language development in adults. A new Q & A from NCLE, "Beginning to Work with Adult English Language Learners: Some Considerations," by MaryAnn Cunningham Florez and Miriam Burt addresses these issues. It's available online on NCLE's Website at http://www.cal.org/ncle/digests/beginQA.htm It's also available from NCLE at the address below. Miriam ************* Miriam Burt Associate Director, National Center for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE) Center for Applied Linguistics 4646 40th Street NW Washington, DC 20015 (202) 362-0700 (phone) (202) 363-7204 (fax) miriam@cal.org ***************************************** Visit NCLE's Web site at www.cal.org/ncle ***************************************** We're the only national center devoted exclusively to providing technical assistance to those working with adults learning English as a second language.
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