Another interesting approach is to honor the L1 - not necessarily always
by speaking it in the classroom - but by using English to discuss,
contrast, or exemplify various L1s, both linguistically and culturally.



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


If the L1 of the class is the same, this can be both a gift, especially
for beginners and a crutch for LEP/Intermediate learners.

I have specific times in my lessons where they all try to speak only in
English. It forces them to really work at speaking/thinking in English.
We do this when there is a verbal focus rather than writing. They gets
participation points for this that factors into their grade (my students
are high schoolers). 

 




 --- On Thu 11/03, Maricel Santos < maricelgsantos at yahoo.com > wrote:
From: Maricel Santos [mailto: maricelgsantos at yahoo.com]
To: englishlanguage at dev.nifl.gov
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 06:55:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [EnglishLanguage] L1 literacy use in the ESL classroom

Hello -- I train pre-service adult ESL teachers<br>at San Francisco
State University. For a class<br>project, two of my students are
interested in<br>gathering insights from adult ESL teachers about<br>L1
use in the classroom.  Here are their<br>questions:<br><br>1. What
advice would you give to a new adult ESL<br>teacher about L1 use in the
classroom? For<br>example, what strategies about L1 use do you<br>think
are useful with adult ESL learners?<br><br>2. How do you think adult
learners perceive L1<br>use in the class?<br><br>The students have read
and discussed articles by<br>Heide Wrigely (e.g., the "What Works"
study),<br>Klaudia Rivera, Tomas Kalmar, Julie Belz,<br>articles out of
Focus on Basics (NCSALL), among<br>others... but they are hungry to find
out what<br>actually goes on in the classroom. <br><br>I would
appreciate your help and input. <br><br>Thank you, Maricel
Santos<br><br><br><br><br>
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