In my opinion, for beginning adults, a bilingual class
is best. Check out Pumarosa.com, which is my free,
bilingual web site for Spanish speakers. I also use my
own bilingual texts.
By the way - does each student have a bilingual
dictionary?
Paul Rogers

--- "dezreen at excite.com" <dezreen at excite.com> wrote:


> 

> 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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