Julie and all -- I think CAELA and especially NCELA have some good 
resources on culture and languages.  The Office of Refugee Concerns has 
booklets on many cultures---tomorrow I will add some titles of books 
that have helped me with this topic.

Phonological awareness may not be listed per se as a skill to practice, 
but if one googles "phonemic awareness"  there is a LOT there on 
practicing the kinds of skills that build UP to phonemic awareness and 
phonological memory.   One artilce that really covers the whole topic 
well and offers great suggestions for activities is

" How Now Brown Cow: Phoneme Awareness Activities for Collaborative 
Classrooms" by Patricia J. Edelen-Smith.     I found it on the web--iIt 
was published in Intervention in School and Clinic in 1997Vol 33 #2

Robin


-----Original Message-----
From: Julie  McKinney <julie_mcKinney at worlded.org>
To: focusonbasics at nifl.gov
Sent: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:46:12 -0500
Subject: [FocusOnBasics] Resources for phonological awareness, etc.??

Hi All,

Robin gave us a lot to absorb, and a lot of specifics to try to
incorporate into teaching and teacher training. It would be helpful to
share ideas and resources that can help with the specific suggestions
she recommended. (Thanks, Jean, for pulling those other resources from
the ESL discussion for us!)

Does anyone know of resources to share in the following areas:

* phonological awareness: how to assess and how to practice
* phonological memory: how to assess and practice
* tracing/handwriting or other fine-motor practice for adults
* the world's languages and cultures--is there a resource to help us
learn about a language (is it written? type of approach to writing?) and
culture (communication style?) I'm thinking about the Sudanese men and
what would we do if there's no expert available...

Julie

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

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