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 h2QEWBM19360; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:32:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:32:11 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <F94QmhPoDmtCgC3JemT0000eccd@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:8858] Re: a multi-level workforce curriculum X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 2347 Lines: 66 Libby- Do you not have a teaching asistant or volunteer help? This doesn't sound possible to do alone. Do you have a lab with different work stations? Open enrollment is difficult for me too. Does anyone out there use volunteer classroom tutors to work with the new ones coming in? If so, is it successful? Susan >From: "libby adams" <libbyadams@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: nifl-esl@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8857] a multi-level workforce curriculum >Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 22:58:12 -0500 (EST) > > >Hello all, > >I am currently teaching a daily 3-hour multi-level Pre-Employment English >course for adults and have been using the video/online curriculum, English >For All. I'm having trouble 'grading' the activities so that each of the >levels' needs are covered and are interesting and challenging to the >learners. > >Actually, I'm feeling worn out by my attempts to accommodate all the >levels. (low beginners to high intermediates) In addition to the multiple >levels, the program has open enrollment and VERY busy learners so I rarely >have the "same class" two days in a row! Sound familiar?! > >I don't feel a need to completely do away with English For All, but I'd >like to supplement the curriculum with a more structured, multi-leveled, >workforce based text that has self-contained chapters we could complete in >about a week's time if at all possible. In other words, the PERFECT TEXT!! > Or something close to it. <smile> > >My questions for you are: Have any of you used Prentice Hall's WORKSKILLS >1-3 books & audio tapes in a multi-level class with any success? If yes, >how so? What other texts might fulfill my criteria? What strategies have >you used to stay sane in a situation like mine? > >I'll thank you for your responses in advance! > >Libby Adams >Workforce English Instructor >Hubbs Center for Lifelong Learning >St. Paul, Minnesota >libbyadams@hotmail.com > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
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