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 hAKNmXm05491; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:48:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:48:33 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <Law9-F29UsebmspH2q6000003c4@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:9644] Re: Advanced, non-academic writing X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 2876 Lines: 74 Yvonne, Ready to write is published by the ESL division of Pearson education publishing. Susan >From: Yvonne Lerew <ylerew@lsssd.org> >Reply-To: nifl-esl@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9639] Re: Advanced, non-academic writing >Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:24:26 -0500 (EST) > >Sue, >Thanks for the book recommendation. This sounds like something that would >be useful for us also. Could you please give me the publisher info? >Thanks! >Yvonne Lerew >At 03:13 PM 11/19/2003 -0500, you wrote: >>I taught an ESL intermediate non academic writing class at a community >>college and we used a very good book - Ready to Write by Karen Blanchard & >>Christine Root. This series comes in three levels - beginning >>(concentrates on writing good topic sentences and introduces paragraph >>development), intermediate (paragraph development and different types of >>paragraphs, advanced (expanded paragraph development and essay writing). I >>used both the intermediate and advanced books because I had quite a >>variance in the individual levels of the students and found the book to be >>both instructor and student friendly. >> >>Sue McGilloway >>Adjunct Faculty >>Howard Community College >>Columbia, Maryland >>msmcgilloway@msn.com >> >> >>>From: "CC - Amanda Harrison-Perez, Immigration & Refugee"@nifl.gov >>>Reply-To: nifl-esl@nifl.gov >>>To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >>>Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9636] Advanced, non-academic writing textbooks >>>Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:35:40 -0500 (EST) >>> >>>I am planning to offer a writing class for a group of advanced students >>>(SPL >>>6-8 and beyond) in connection with the Employment Services program in my >>>agency. Through discussions with several of the potential participants, >>>I >>>have found out that they have the following goals for a writing class: >>>1. Improve spelling >>>2. Improve punctuation and sentence structure. >>>3. Practice real-world writing (i.e. memos, e-mail, short reports, etc.) >>>They are not interested in academic writing. Several expressed interest >>>in >>>dictations as a way to work on their spelling; they want the connection >>>between the oral and written word. >>> >>>Can anyone recommend a textbook or a combination of textbooks that would >>>be >>>useful in such a writing class? >>> >>>Thank you. >>> >>>Amanda S. Harrison-Perez >>>ESL Program Manager >>>Catholic Charities' Immigration and Refugee Services >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Gift-shop online from the comfort of home at MSN Shopping! No crowds, >>free parking. http://shopping.msn.com > > _________________________________________________________________ Share holiday photos without swamping your Inbox. Get MSN Extra Storage now! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es
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