Thanks, Maricel, for bringing adult education into this discussion. I,
too, believe that the disciplines of adult ed and health ed have so much
to share. As you mentioned, all that we are learning about using
pictures can apply to beginning ESOL teaching as well. Pictures can also
be a great way for any literacy teacher to generate discussion,
vocabulary, critical thinking, sorting of information and reading and
writing skills practice, either about health issues or other topics.

I'm also glad that Peter brought up photonovelas. Does anyone have
experience using them with adult learners or patients?

Here are two great resources that have been used in adult education
classes and could easily be used by health educators:

Picture Stories for Adult ESL Health Literacy
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/Health/healthindex.html

What a Friend Can Do For You - A Photonovela
http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/heal/friends/index.html

All the best,
Julie


Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org