Thanks, Maria, for passing on the information about the Florida adult
ESOL courses.  I want to add to the information you have shared by
passing on a link to the Florida Department of Education Web page.  This
is the state's portal for all adult education programs in the state -
http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/adulted/

 


>From this site, anyone that wants to download the state standards for

any adult education course can go to the link for Curriculum on the left
side of the page.  

 

Our main adult ESOL course bears the name "Adult ESOL."  We finished a
thorough revision of it a year ago, by organizing it according to seven
life-skills topic areas and a set of "grammar anchors" for each of the
six levels of the course.  By presenting it in a table format, it is
easy for teachers of any level to see what their students should know
already, and what they will be learning in the future.  The main focus
of the work we did to revise the standards (a 3-4 year process) was the
mantra "If the part-time teacher who has little or no paid preparation
time can use it easily, we have done our job."

 

We are particularly excited about the newly revised standards for the
course titled "Literacy Skills for Adult ESOL Learners."   This course
is students who are learning to read and write for the first time in any
language.  It has three-levelsthat brings students from learning to hold
a utensil and how letters are attached to sounds, to being ready to
enter the core adult ESOL course.

 

We are also in the second year of a project to develop a standardized
process for assessing students enrolled in this literacy-level course,
with the assistance of the Comprehensive Student Assessment System,
CASAS (www.casas.org <http://www.casas.org/> ).  We are anticipating
that this assessment should be completed by the end of next year, 2010.


 

I would be happy to receive any feedback from any one who uses them!  

 

Philip Anderson

 

Contact Information

Program Specialist - Adult ESOL 

Division of Career and Adult Education

Florida Department of Education

325 W. Gaines St. Room 754

Tallahassee, FL 32399

(850) 245-9450

 

 

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From: William Koonce [mailto:billmar at cfl.rr.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 6:31 PM
To: The Adult English Language Acquisition Discussion List
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 5090] Re: a real curriculum vs. textbook

 

We also have developed a comprehensive curriculum in Florida for each of
our courses: Literacy (3 levels) "Core" ESOL (6 levels) Academic ESOL (1
level), English Literacy for Career and Technical Education (3 levels),
Citizenship (1 level) and Workforce Development ESOL (1 level). These
have been periodically examined and streamlined and are the basis of our
Adult programs instruction. Most publishers have correlated their series
to our content standards.They are also aligned to the NRS.  I believe
that our standards are exceptional and very focused. Please access more
information in www.floridaadultesol.org There is no need of reinventing
the wheel if you find them appropriate for your student population!

Maria Koonce

 

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	From: Susan Reid <mailto:sreid at workbase.org.nz>  

	To: The Adult English Language Acquisition Discussion List
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	Subject: [EnglishLanguage 5086] Re: a real curriculum vs.
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	Hi Kim and others 

	yes you do have to register but it is free and I live outside
the UK and am registered and able to use the site 

	the whole www.excellencegateway.org.uk site is great 

	 

	kind regards Susan Reid 

	Workbase the New Zealand Centre for Workforce Literacy
Development 

	www.workbase.org.nz

	 

	
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	From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Kimberly
O'Brien
	Sent: Tue 11/3/2009 9:57 AM
	To: The Adult English Language Acquisition Discussion List
	Subject: [EnglishLanguage 5085] Re: a real curriculum vs.
textbook

	Looks like this is only for UK residents. Registration is
required before use. 

	 

	Kim

	 

	On Oct 31, 2009, at 5:09 AM, Hann, Naeema wrote:

	
	
	

	Hi Everyone,

	 

	In England, an ESOL curriculum was put together around 2001 and
learner materials to support it followed a couple of years later. Here
is a link to the Adult ESOL Core Curriculum we refer to when planning
courses etc. It has been particularly useful for new teachers and had
supporting documents such as exemplars of learner language which helped
tutors and assessors/ exam bodies get a 'feel' for the levels. 

	 

	Here is a link to it
http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/sflcurriculum

	 

	 

	with best wishes,

	 

	Naeema 

	 

	Naeema B.Hann 
	PhD  Candidate 
	Leslie Silver International Faculty 
	Macaulay Hall 
	Headingley Campus 
	Leeds Metropolitan University 
	Leeds LS6 3QS 

	ph. 0113-8129311

	 

	
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	From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Amber Gallup
	Sent: Fri 30/10/2009 15:45
	To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
	Subject: [EnglishLanguage 5076] a real curriculum vs. textbook

	Hello colleagues -

	
	 

	I'm wondering if anybody out there has recently gone through the
process of designing or formalizing a leveled curriculum for their
program (instead of just using a textbook as a curriculum)?  Would love
to hear about your experiences - how you did it, what your process was,
or just what you learned or found challenging? A program around here is
thinking about doing just that, so I thought it would be good to hear
what the field has to say about it - thanks in advance!

	
	 

	Amber Rodriguez

	Riverdale, Maryland

	 

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