Superb.  Matches my advice to students also.  Thanks for sharing.

 

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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From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Steve Kaufmann
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 8:36 AM
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2536] Re: 7 habits in PDF

 

Regarding reading strategies, here are my seven strategies for reading
for pleasure and improvement. First a quote.....

There is a total incompatibility between the joy of reading, a vagabond
experience, and the experience of reading in order to answer questions,
and explain what you understood.  - Rubem Alves, Brazilian educator.


1.  Read about things that interest you. 


2. Read material that is at your level, or just a little difficult for
you.


3. Learn to read in depth, stay on the same subject for a while.


4. If you have trouble reading, listen first.


5.  Let your imagination get involved. 


6. Don't worry about what you don't understand.


7. Recognize that the key is to read a lot. 

Steve Kaufmann

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 4:47 PM, <robinschwarz1 at aim.com> wrote:

Thank you Lynda and Heide for doing this-- even my newer Mac would not
open that file!! 

This is a terrific document.  I look forward to using it in lots of
places.  Robin Lovrien Schwarz

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Wrigley, Heide <heide at literacywork.com>
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
<englishlanguage at nifl.gov>
Sent: Thu, 15 May 2008 12:10 pm
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2512] 7 habits in PDF

Hi, Christina and all 

 

I understand that some of you with older computers can't open
attachments. Lynda Terrill was nice enough to convert the Word file into
a PDF that for the time being lives on the CAELA site. 

 

http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/7Habits.pdf
<http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/7Habits.pdf> 

 

Best 

 

Heide

 

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<mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov?> ] On Behalf Of Christy Nelson
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:38 AM
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2494] Re: Technology and Resources

 

These are wonderful!  Thank you for sharing Heide!

 

Christina Luckey-Nelson

Adult Education Coordinator

1209 S. Garfield Suite C

Traverse City, MI 49686

231-922-3710

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<mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov?> ] On Behalf Of Wrigley, Heide
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:08 AM
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2491] Re: Technology and Resources

 

Hi, Bonnie and all 

 

Attached are the 7 Habits - I wrote them for struggling readers at the
intermediate level and later adapted them for ESL. We now use them as a
framework for teaching comprehension and reading strategies.  Some
teachers put them up on the classroom walls to remind students when they
get stuck to try out one or two of the strategies ; some, like Andrea,
use them to reinforce a point they may make about reading as they teach
different kinds of lessons that focus on making sense of print. 

 

How about others,  do you teach the skills and strategies associated
with reading comprehension directly or do you mostly engage students in
print allowing students to pick up these skills through immersion or by
transferring reading skills from L1 ?  (I, of course, have an opinion on
that but more on that later :-) 

 

Heide

 

 

 

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<mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov?> ] On Behalf Of Bonnie Odiorne
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:56 AM
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2484] Re: Technology and Resources

 

OO000H! and where does one get the "7 habits?"
Bonnie Odiorne, Writing Center, Post University

----- Original Message ----
From: ANDREA GREER <cgreer5 at verizon.net>
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
<englishlanguage at nifl.gov>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:27:16 AM
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2482] Re: Technology and Resources

Good morning,

 

I am Andrea Greer and I teach ESL to a multi-level class of adults at
College of the Mainland.

 

I have used the Seven Habits of Successful Readers received from Heide
at the Reading Institute to help my students focus on their reading
skills.

 

We produced a class video on "Getting the Job"  where the students used
the skills learned about job searching using the newspaper, completing
the job application, cold calling at the job site to inquire about a job
opening, and how to determine and express their job skills and work
experience to prepare for their role in the video.

 

We read about various workplace situations.  Used the Oxford Picture
Dictionary, Longman's Study Dictionary to prepare their script for the
video.  In many instances, the intermediate and advanced learners used
their prior knowledge to adlib in the interview process.  These learners
were often the interviewer while the lower level students were the
interviewees.  

 

This technology allowed the students to see themselves interact in
conversation with their classmates.  While some were shy initially,
their engagement in the activity proved to be fun and a rewarding
learning experience.  They also wrote about the experience and shared
with the class.

 

Andrea Greer

	----- Original Message ----- 

	From: Denise Sumlin <mailto:denise_sumlin at yahoo.com>  

	To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov 

	Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:59 AM

	Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2444] Re: Technology and Resources

	 

	I have found the following resources to be very helpful for my
beginning ESL students as well as my intermediate students.  I used them
in class as well as have the students check them out for their local
library to review and write the dialogs.  

	 

	One of the ways we use the written dialog is by have them do
rehearsal time with other students.  This has been rewarding to the
students because it gives immediate feed back and they can correct their
pronunciation based upon the video tape.

	 

	1.	Learning English as a Second Language, pronouns,
adjectives and the present tense 
	2.	ESL easy English, volumes 1-4: cover the following
topics 

		*	Meeting and Greeting 
		*	Understanding Basic Conversation 
		*	Using Numbers and Money 
		*	Asking and Giving Directions, address and phone
numbers

	I also used several YouTube clippings for my more intermediate
students and they loved it.  It is a challenge to me to continue to
bring various technology based activities into the classroom.  With my
session come to an end soon, my plans are to incorporate more in my next
sessions.

	 

	Denise Johnson

	
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