Everyone -- THANKS!  You folks always come through!  And thanks for the 
warning about bogus cards!  I suspected that might be a problem.  I'll check 
with some of our more experienced clients & ask what cards they use & where 
they get them.

It seems there is no end to the topics we can/need to teach in adult ESL!

Dottie

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Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2111] Re: teaching pre-paid phone cards



> Please encourage your students to be careful when purchasing pre-paid 

> phone cards.  My office has an 800 number.  For over a year we received up 

> to ten calls a day from persons thinking they were making long distance 

> calls using a pre-paid card.  Most folks would hang up before we could ask 

> them who they were trying to reach.  Finally I was able to have a 

> conversation with a gentleman who called.  Someone in California was 

> selling bogus phone cards that just by chance had our 800 number on them. 

> We reported this to both our phone company and the local police but they 

> said there was nothing we could but change our phone number.  I am sure a 

> great deal of money was lost by those people who bought these phone cards.

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "Bryan Woerner" <bwoerner at cal.org>

> To: "The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List" 

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> Sent: Monday, February 4, 2008 10:58:58 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York

> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2105] Re: teaching pre-paid phone cards

>

> Hello Dottie,

>

> I've found that most of my students (and many of my American born

> friends) run up huge bills because they don't understand what they're

> being charged for. Most phone companies usually have pamphlets on "How

> to read my bill" - but they only send those out when you start the

> service. Here is ATT's http://www.consumer.att.com/bill/sample.html.

>

> FCC also has an online sample bill

> http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/phonebills/samplePhonebill.html

>

> Another resource I've found helpful is MoneyInstructor.com. It has

> plenty of materials and lessons you can use to teach money and money

> management skills. http://www.moneyinstructor.com/  Some of the

> resources are free, the rest you have to pay for, but it's worth the

> membership ~$30 a year.

>

> Bryan

> Center for Applied Linguistics

>

> ________________________________

>

>

> From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov

> [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Dottie

> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 2:35 PM

> To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List

> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2103] teaching pre-paid phone cards

>

>

>

> Colleagues -- I need ideas for a lessons on using pre-paid phone cards!

>

>

>

> Our agency is having a bit of a problem with a few of our adult refugee

> clients running up HUGE phone bills.

>

> When we have  their phones installed, we get "local access" only, but

> some have managed to get their service changed to include unlimited

> services (including international long-distance).  The agency pays the

> refugees phone & other utilities for 3 mos., but NOT $700 phone bills!

>

>

>

> Most of the refugees use international phone cards to "call home".  Now

> the agency bosses want me to cover the issue in our "Basics for the U.

> S." classes (money; drinking/driving laws; carseats; 9-1-1; job safety,

> etc.).

>

>

>

> I've never used phone cards, so I'll need to learn the basics myself,

> but I could use some suggestions for teaching.

>

>

>

> Thanks!

>

>

>

> Dottie Shattuck

>

> ELT coordinator

>

> Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

>

> Charlotte, NC

>

>

>

> -- 

> Hallie Carr, Director

> Adult Education and Adjunct Programs

> 250 Reserve Ave.

> Roanoke, VA  24016

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