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 hALK99m09294; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:09:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:09:09 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20031121135845.0145d848@lsssd.org> 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: Yvonne Lerew <ylerew@lsssd.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9645] Re: Advanced, non-academic writing X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Status: O Content-Length: 2993 Lines: 72 Thanks so much Susan At 06:47 PM 11/20/2003 -0500, you wrote: >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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