THANK YOU ... THANK YOU.
On Nov 28, 2007, at 2:01 PM, Lynda Terrill wrote:


> Dear subscribers,

>

> One of the frequently recurring  topics that comes up in this  

> discussion is how to effectively and appropriately teach adult  

> English language learners who have had access to limited (or no)  

> formal education.

>

> Last year we had a panel discussion on this topic (see http:// 

> www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/litdiscussion.html  for a  

> summary).  This past spring the NIFL Special Topics discussion list  

> hosted a discussion led by Heide Wrigley and Larry Condelli related  

> to their study, “What Works for Adult ESL Students.”  This  

> discussion is archived at http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/ 

> What_Works_for_Adult_ESL_Students.  Archives of both discussions  

> (and all of the lists) are available on http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/ 

> discussions/list_archives.html. Nonetheless, several of you have  

> asked for more discussion and information on the practicalities of  

> working with literacy-level adult English language learners.  So,  

> from December 10-14, 2007 MaryAnn Cunningham Florez and Betsy  

> Lindeman Wong will guest facilitate a discussion on hands-on  

> strategies, techniques, and activities for working with this group  

> of adult ESL learners.

>

> As you can read in the bios (below) MaryAnn and Betsy have had much  

> and varied experiences related to teaching the literacy- and  

> beginning-levels.  However, it is also true that many of you  

> (almost 900) subscribers also have experiences to share, and I hope  

> that might constitute the bulk of the discussion.  Also, I hope  

> those of you who are new to teaching literacy-level or multilevel  

> classes or adult ESL generally will ask specific “how-to” questions  

> that the facilitators and others can respond to.

>

> As an example: A poster writes, ”How can I get the students in my  

> first level class to communicate independently?”  A respondent  

> could share his or her own specific “how-to” in using LEAs, line  

> dialogues, conversation grids, or other activities.  Or a  

> respondent could share what didn’t work and why.

>

> There is a great deal of information available related to teaching  

> literacy-level adult English language learners, so I am citing one  

> general resource that will lead to a host of others, the CAELA  

> online collection on Working with Literacy-Level Learners  at    

> http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/collections/literacy.html

>

> I hope you will plan on joining the discussion.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Lynda Terrill

> List moderator

> lterrill at cal.org

>

>

> MaryAnn Cunningham Florez. Before moving over to DC Learns, MaryAnn  

> was Lead ESL Specialist, Arlington Education and Employment Program  

> (REEP), Arlington, Virginia.  Before going to REEP, MaryAnn was  

> lead ESL specialist in Fairfax County (VA) adult ESL.  When MaryAnn  

> was Assistant Director at the National Center for ESL Literacy  

> Education (NCLE) she moderated the NIFL-ESL list.. MaryAnn is the  

> author of  Lifeprints Literacy (New Readers Press) and  "Beginning  

> ESOL Learners' Advice to Their Teachers" (http://www.ncsall.net/? 

> id=279). She also is also coauthor of Working With Literacy-Level  

> Adult English Language Learners  (http://www.cal.org/caela/ 

> esl_resources/digests/litQA.html ). MaryAnn has also had a great  

> deal of experience as a teacher and administrator in a program that  

> served many literacy-level English language learners in a faith- 

> based program in Falls Church, VA.

>

> Betsy Lindeman Wong  One of Betsy's many jobs in adult ESL has been  

> as online facilitator, ESOL Basics, Virginia Adult Learning  

> Resource Center. In this role, Betsy has had experience working  

> very closely with teachers who are new to adult ESL. Betsy has  

> taught adult ESL in several programs in Northern Virginia-- 

> specializing in classes geared for literacy- and beginning-level  

> learners-- and developed EL/Civics, ESOL family literacy, and other  

> curricula for Fairfax County, Virginia and  the state of Virginia  

> (http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/famlitcurric/) As lead  

> teacher in an adult ESL program in Alexandria, Betsy has  

> opportunities to mentor teachers who may not be familiar with  

> appropriate strategies, techniques, and resources for working with  

> literacy-level and other adult English language learners.

>

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