Greetings.  I am new to this blogging world; thus, I may be not applying
this form correctly as I am just 'replying to all' via my email.  

I am quite interested in the how teachers advance the language of higher
level learners of English.  In my regular college prep English courses,
I work with a few students each quarter at this level, and in the last
week I have been introduced to two young, 14 year old, Chinese students
attending a local private school who want to advance their English this
summer.

They have been excellent students in their Chinese schools and their
thinking shows depth and much of their speaking and writing in our
language is delightful --- similar to our high school and adult
students.   However, their writing also reflects a variety of
misunderstandings about sentence structure and verb and preposition
choices, as well as a lack of depth in vocabulary, i.e. overuse of words
such as 'good' - 'nice' - words that appear in primary school readers.
They are asked to write page+ long assignments and the misunderstandings
continue to pile up until we must ask,  "Where do we start?" 

Any suggestions focusing on strategies, lessons, and/or ideas that have
been successful in advancing English competency would be welcomed.
Thank you.   

Hope you wake up to a weekend of sunshine for your Mother's Day
celebrations ..... we are hoping for the same in the Northwest.

Sheryl Rogel
English Instructor
Bates Technical College
1101 Yakima Ave S
Tacoma, WA   98498
253-680-7267 
"Every study of young writers I've done in the last twenty years has
underestimated what they can do; in fact, we know very little about the
human potential for writing."  Donald Graves
 
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ddilker at brockport.edu
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 9:30 AM
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Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2363] Re: Best ESL Books, Teacher Resources,&
Movies

Thank you so much, Larry.  This is wonderful.  I teach Burmese and this
is very, very helpful 

----- Original Message -----
From: LaFerlazzo at aol.com
Date: Friday, May 9, 2008 11:43 am
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2362] Re: Best ESL Books, Teacher Resources, &
Movies
To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov


> I've posted these on other lists, but I don't think I've ever 

> shared them 

> with this particular list.

> 

> People might be interested in these "The Best..." lists:

> 

> The Best Books For Teaching & Learning ESL/EFL

> _http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/04/19/the-best-books-for-

> teaching-lear

> ning-eslefl/_ 

> (http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/04/19/the-best-books-for-

> teaching-learning-eslefl/) 

> 

> 

> The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL

> _http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/the-best-popular-

> moviestv-shows-

> for-eslefl/_ 

> (http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/the-best-popular-

> moviestv-shows-for-eslefl/) 

> 

> 

> The Best Resource Sties For ESL/EFL Teachers

> _http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/04/29/the-best-resource-

> sites-for-esle

> fl-teachers/_ 

> (http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/04/29/the-best-resource-

> sites-for-eslefl-teachers/) 

> 

> 

> Larry Ferlazzo

> Luther Burbank High School

> Sacramento, CA

> 

> 

> 

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