and

to address the question about short hand

L1 refers to the learner's first language



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> Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:48:06 +0000

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> Subject: Re: [EnglishLanguage] L1 literacy use in the ESL classroom

> 

> Maricel,

> 

> 1.  I would not use the students' L1 unless all the students have the same L1.

> At times, use of L1 is a time-saver.  Also, at the very beginning level,

> students lack of English may impede their ability to ask questions to clarify

> difficulty.

> I don't prohibit the use of the students' L1 in class.  At times a student who

> speaks the same language may understand his classmate's difficulty and clarify

> the difficulty.

> 2.  In my experience as the instructor of Level 1 to recently arrived Latinos,

> the students do not seem bothered when a student uses L1, even if it is not

> the same L1.

> 

> -------------- Original message --------------

> 

>> 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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