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Theories, Techniques,
and Approaches
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Teacher's Guide to EFF Lesson Planning
This teacher's guide helps you to understand the EFF Content
Standards and EFF Terminology, and to design an EFF lesson.
ESL Miniconference
Course
This 14-week course schedule is provided as a service to any ESL
professional or teacher-trainer who is looking for a way to organize
the content found on our ESL MiniConference site. A short list of
related articles is included for each section of the course. (added
10/10/03)
Learning Disabilities
and ESL
How do learning disabilities affect an English language learner?
What are the problems in identifying LD in an ESL/ESOL learner?
How can adult education programs support these learners? In this
paper Robin
Schwarz addresses the crossover areas of learning disabilities
(LD) and ESL / ESOL.
Lights, camera, active learning! Enhancing ESL instruction through video projects
A one-page essay about the process of using video cameras to enhance ESL learning.
Literacy Across
Cultures
Literacy Across Cultures is an annual publication dedicated to issues
regarding the learning and teaching of reading and writing in a
foreign or second language
Massachusetts
State Curriculum Frameworks
This site contains the curriculum frameworks for the Massachusetts
State Department of Education.
Multi-Level
Classes
This Web site reproduces an issue of Connections: A Journal of Adult
Literacy (Vol. VII, Summer 1997) that addresses the challenges of
working with multi-level adult education classes. Articles (in PDF
format) discuss topics such as reading strategies for multilevel
adult ESL learners; suggestions of cooperative learning activities
and grouping strategies; ideas from multilevel family literacy classes;
and literacy activities for English language learners in multilevel
classes. While Connections, produced by the Adult Literacy Resource
Institute (ALRI) in Boston, Massachusetts, covers adult basic education
in general, this issue has a majority of articles dealing with adult
ESL settings. (NCLE)
NCLE ERIC
digests
A listing of digests available on-line from the National Clearinghouse
for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE).
PBS ESL/CivicsLink
ESL/CivicsLink is a web-based professional development system for
ESL teachers and programs. Through self-directed, interactive, online
learning, ESL teachers can increase their ability to integrate ESL
instruction with civics education. (added
10/10/03)
Principles
and Opportunities for Project-Based Learning
This site illustrates 12 principles of adult learning with examples
of Web pages that illustrate these opportunities.
Reflective
teaching practices in adult ESL settings
This digest discusses reflective practice as a staff development
approach and considers its implications for adult ESL teachers.
Research in action: Teachers, projects, and technology
An essay by Heide Spruck Wrigley on the role of research in contemporary adult ESL education. A good overview of the issues facing instructors in 2004.
Story
Arts
This site is dedicated to the advancement of storytelling
as an art and as a classroom technique. You can download lesson
plans and activities
Teaching from a Hispanic Perspective:
A Handbook for Non-Hispanic Adult Educators
Written by two immigrants, this handbook provides an overview of some of the differences between Anglo and Hispanic culture from both broad and deep perspectives. It also includes an excellent section of exercises that teachers can do to deepen their understanding of Hispanic culture and to use in the classroom.
Verizon Literacy Campus
Verizon Literacy Campus offer free, online courses for volunteers and administrators in literacy/ESL programs. Courses include: Principles of Adult Learning; Working with English Language Learners; Culture and English Language Learners; and Citizenship: Teaching U.S. Civics for the Exam. (Note: some courses are oriented toward adult education, while others are for K-12 and family literacy)
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