For non-literate students EL teachers might do well to take a look at
the reading materials published through the Partnership for Reading, and
the material developed by the Nat'l Center for Family Literacy, Applying
Research in Reading Instruction for Adults.  I believe the "Alphabetics"
principles laid out in reading instruction are extremely applicable to
language instruction.  We need to be aware of what is going on in the
other disciplines that can help us help our students. And don't we teach
listening, speaking, reading and writing??   

-Miriam Kroeger
Arizona

-----Original Message-----
From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of
robinschwarz1 at aol.com
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 3:26 PM
To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov
Subject: Re: [EnglishLanguage] preliterate parents

These sites and materials also require literacy at significant levels.  
  The question, I believe, was about PRE-literate parents-- this means 
NO literacy--typically speaking a language that is not written.   It is 
a puzzle how to present them with materials for this when they cannot
read or possibly even make sense of pictures (preliterate populations
have been found to interpret one dimensional information differently 
than literate persons do.)   Perhaps emphasis should be put on 
developing the preliteracy skills of BOTH parents and children through
songs, rhymes, picture identification, etc. --in other words, hearing 
the structure of English.     Robin Schwarz

-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Castle <kellyc636_6 at hotmail.com>
To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov
Sent: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:46:03 +0000
Subject: Re: [EnglishLanguage] preliterate parents

The LEP materials do seem to require quite a high level of profieciency
in English literacy - you might find the materials on these sites more
appropriate for parents who are new to English.  They are simple,
straightforward and should only require minor modifications for a US
audience.

www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm

www.literacytrust.org.uk/talktoyourbaby/quicktips.html

Good luck

K


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