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 h92GifV25673; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:44:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:44:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <6F63FB46.07A24AB8.0AB94E44@aol.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: AndresMuro@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9525] Re: dynamics of this list X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 2847 Lines: 39 Hi Mona: We have been doing Spanish GED and pre GED extensively for several years in El Paso. We have a grant for migrant workers to get the GED. Doing it in Spanish is much more efficient. We have been working with pre-GED and GED in the same classes and it has worked ok for us, with some difficulties. Native language literacy and native academic language literacy is important before someone acquires second language literacy. I always tell people that it is very difficult to explain to someone what a verb is if they are not familiar with the concept in their native language. If you can teach someone the concept in their native language, it is easier to grasp in a second language. It takes our students about 4 months to 2 years to get a Spanish GED depending on their native language literacy. In general, the lowest level students that have obtained a GED certificate with us have a 4th grade education. Once a person gets a Spanish GED their confidence goes up considerably. They have the academic tools to succesfully attend most ESL programs. They can also get jobs that require a GED certificate. Many of our students transition to a credit ESL program at the Community College. Let me know if you have any other questions. Andres In a message dated 10/2/2003 11:36:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, MCurtis@tvcc.cc writes: > > Dear Friends, > We at Treasure Valley Community College are embarking on a new venture and I would like some help if anyone else on the Listserv has experience in this area. Ontario Oregon is a rural community and many of our ESL students are agricultural workers whose native language is Spanish. > In our efforts to teach ESL we have repeated found that lack of literacy skills in the native language creates a barrier in learning English as an adult. Spanish literacy is also a part of our goal of produing students who are fully bilingual, meaning they read, write and speak both English and Spanish well. > We have a strong Spanish GED program but many students are not GED level; they are pre-GED level. So it is this lower end Spanish literacy skills that we wish to address. > > We have funds to hire a Spanish Literacy tutor coordinator and we also have a pool of potential tutors, mainly recent Spanish GED graduates. There are also many bilingual people in the community who I think would be willing to help if a system was in place to connect them to the individuals who need the help. > > > I would really like to find some other colleges or organizations who have done similar work in native language literacy > so that we can share ideas. > > Mona Curtis > ESL Coordinator > Treasure Valley Community College > 650 College Blvd. > Ontario, OR 97914 > www.tvcc.cc > 541-881-8822 x 316 > fax 541-881-2747 > > > > go here: www.geocities.com/andresmuro/art.html
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