My apologies to the rest of the list. 

Ever since the new list, I now get 2 to 3 of every message. The same 
message. 

What can I do?

T

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----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Isserlis <Janet_Isserlis at brown.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 3, 2005 11:48 am
Subject: Re: [EnglishLanguage] L1 literacy use in the ESL classroom


> and

> 

> to address the question about short hand

> 

> L1 refers to the learner's first language

> 

> 

> > From: <janeaddeo at comcast.net>

> > Reply-To: The English Language Learners Discussion List

> > <englishlanguage at dev.nifl.gov>

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

> > To: The English Language Learners Discussion List

> > <englishlanguage at dev.nifl.gov>

> > 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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