I love the sharing and learning about what materials others are  
using.  What would be helpful to me, but may be too much trouble is  
having a one or two word description of what topic the material  
addresses and how or where to get it.  In trying to locate Chalk  
Talks, I found that it is out of print.  Thanks.

On Nov 5, 2007, at 7:26 AM, Lynda Terrill wrote:


> Dear subscribers,

>

>

>

> Thanks to many of you for sharing resources that you've found  

> useful in your own  learning, practice, or program. Several of you  

> have mentioned adult ESL  materials, such as the Personal Stories  

> series and  Picture Stories and More Picture Stories.  Others have  

> mentioned online resources and teacher (e.g., Chalk Talks.) and  

> professional development resources they've found useful.

>

>

>

> A basic objective of this discussion is to share with other  

> subscribers who may be isolated by geography and experience. Some  

> of you have worked in adult ESL for decades while others may be new  

> to the field living in areas that are experiencing rapid growth in  

> the number of adult immigrant learners.

>

>

>

> I hope that you will continue to share-practitioner to practitioner- 

> materials that you have found useful in your instruction. Towards  

> the end of this month I will post (or post a link to) a  

> bibliography of  the resources you mention.

>

>

>

> A few reminders about the list:

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> When you post, please close with your full name and email address,  

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> research on distance learning or to request information about the  

> free workbook he offered, please contact him at pumarosa21 at yahoo.com

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> This discussion is for sharing resources among list colleagues; it  

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> Thanks,

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> Lynda Terrill

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> List moderator

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> ________________________________

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> From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Paul Rogers

> Sent: Thu 11/1/2007 8:03 AM

> To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List

> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 1888] Distance Learning resources

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>

> I am doing research on distance learning resources and

> would like to contact anyone who runs such a program

> and/or has information about:

> texts, dictionaries, audio cds, dvds,

> internet/computer programs, public access television

> programs, refurbished computers, etc.

> Paul Rogers

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