Well I am a student still studying English and working on building my grammar as well. I am in college though, and looking to see what kind of information is recommended for one who is interested in gathereing some teacher - ESL information, and for people with difficulties in English


> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 12:29:15 -0700> From: srogel at bates.ctc.edu> To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2364] Re: Best ESL Books, Teacher Resources, & Movies> > 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> > -----Original Message-----> From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov> [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of> ddilker at brockport.edu> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 9:30 AM> To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List> 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> > > > > > > > **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new > > twists on family > > favorites at AOL Food. > > (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)> > > ----------------------------------------------------> National Institute for Literacy> Adult English Language Learners mailing list> EnglishLanguage at nifl.gov> To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/englishlanguage> Email delivered to zvergerheisten at hotmail.com

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