Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h23IrfP27461; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 13:53:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 13:53:41 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <F153vmqVE2Qbbk0BNPt0000e52f@hotmail.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Susan Ryan" <susanefl@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8718] Re: Writing in books X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 3610 Lines: 94 Yes, good! Susan >From: "Plumb, Judie" <jplumb@gwinnett.tec.ga.us> >Reply-To: nifl-esl@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8715] Re: Writing in books >Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 12:10:02 -0500 (EST) > >Have any of you visited the Longman Press / Pearson Education website that >includes many downloadable teaching materials, including lesson plans, >worksheets, tips from experts in the field, "realia", to help ESL teachers. >www.longman.com Click on [Join Us]. >Their new series: Literacy Plus--for students that are illiterate in their >own language, or illiterate in English, come with CD roms with downloadable >material. Great stuff! > >Judie Plumb >Workplace & Health Literacy Lead Instructor >Gwinnett Technical College >770-962-7580 Ext 340 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Barbara Dorsett [mailto:barbsesl@worldpath.net] >Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 9:38 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8659] Re: Writing in books > >Christina: Our adult ed. center was recently given an explanation of the >copyright law, and the way I understand it is that as long as you aren't >copying a whole book, and what you do copy is only used in your classroom, >you can make copies. Of course, that may mean some things in a book won't >be used. Some of us just have the students number a sheet of paper and do >exercises that way without writing in the book. Anyway, I know how you >feel--we also have limited resources and have to keep a close eye on copy >machine use. Any, yes, I do look for photocopiable materials, and I am >finding more and more of them. I think publishers/authors are getting the >idea of our plight in adult ed. My favorite text to get people started in >English is called Collaborations: English in Our Lives (Lit. Level) by >Donna >Moss, Cathy Shank, and Lynda Terrill (Go, Lynda!) published by Heinle & >Heinle. It has life stories written by actual learners (so your learners >can >relate), great photographs, many different writing, listening, and speaking >activities, and great ideas for little projects to do in class. The upper >levels of this series have even more great ideas for extension activities. >Barbara Dorsett, >ESOL teacher and coordinator >Dover Adult Learning Center >Dover, NH >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Cleomathew@aol.com> >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 12:50 AM >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8654] Writing in books > > > > Hello list, > > > > I was wondering how other people dealt with this problem. I teach at the > > pre-literacy level with adult refugees. We can buy classroom sets of >books, > > but the books have to stay in the room and can't be written in. Students >can > > buy books, but many don't have the resources to do so. What have other > > programs done? Do you use books in your classroom? Do you look for >copyable > > materials? Are there any favorite books at the pre-literacy level? > > > > I like Longman ESL Literacy, but since we can't write in the books and >it > > isn't a copyable book, I can't use it. I've ended up making a lot of my >own > > worksheets, and I use pictures from magazines and the Internet to make >board > > games and card sets for basic foods, body parts, clothing, etc. > > > > Thanks, > > Christina L. Mathew > > DeKalb Tech. ESL Teacher, > > Clarkston, Georgia > > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
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