What is L1? I teach ESOL to adults but obviously "L1" is 
something that I don't use. I would like to the opportunity to 
remind you not to take for granted that everyone is familiar with
abreviations and to say thank you for all I have learned with you.
Ossie Cerna, ESOL.
Lake Technical Center
Eustis, Florida. 

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[mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at dev.nifl.gov]On Behalf Of Maricel Santos
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:55 AM
To: englishlanguage at dev.nifl.gov
Subject: [EnglishLanguage] L1 literacy use in the ESL classroom


Hello -- I train pre-service adult ESL teachers
at San Francisco State University. For a class
project, two of my students are interested in
gathering insights from adult ESL teachers about
L1 use in the classroom.  Here are their
questions:

1. What advice would you give to a new adult ESL
teacher about L1 use in the classroom? For
example, what strategies about L1 use do you
think are useful with adult ESL learners?

2. How do you think adult learners perceive L1
use in the class?

The students have read and discussed articles by
Heide Wrigely (e.g., the "What Works" study),
Klaudia Rivera, Tomas Kalmar, Julie Belz,
articles out of Focus on Basics (NCSALL), among
others... but they are hungry to find out what
actually goes on in the classroom. 

I would appreciate your help and input. 

Thank you, Maricel Santos




		
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