Hi Naeema,
I was interested in the Gateway site you referred to in your previous post; however, I was unable to register because my postal code was not in the UK. Do you have any ideas on how to access this site for those outside of the UK?

Thanks for your help!

Bev

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Arizona Department of Education
Adult Education Services
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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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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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