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 hB30wwm06031; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:58:58 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:58:58 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20031203005554.63013.qmail@web40907.mail.yahoo.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: Robb Scott <jayhawk76@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9674] Maria Spelleri is the expert on this topic ... X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 3853 Lines: 126 Maria Spelleri, in Sarasota, Florida ( mariasp@peoplepc.com ) is an expert in the area you are talking about. An interview with her is posted at http://www.eslminiconf.net/june/spelleri.html , on the ESL MiniConference Online, but I suggest you contact her by e-mail with your questions about companies hiring ESL teachers to teach their non-English workers. Best regards, Robb Scott Editor, ESL MiniConference Online http://www.ESLminiconf.net/aboutus.html --- Susan Ryan <susanefl@hotmail.com> wrote: > I would like to hear from some of you who work or > have worked for a company > that hires ESL teachers to teach their non-English > speaking personnel. And > what materials (textbooks) you have found that were > good for this project. i > know with shift workers it has been a problem in > some > companies in Florida to get this going on a regular > basis. I wonder how some > of this has been overcome. > Susan > > > >From: james phillips <jphilip@tenet.edu> > >Reply-To: nifl-esl@nifl.gov > >To: Multiple recipients of list > <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> > >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9665] esl/regions > >Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 20:23:54 -0500 (EST) > > > >NIFL-ESLers, > > > > I'm new here. This is my first post > and inquiry. I'd like > >to know what is the first language of those you are > teaching ESL? In > >this part of the world most are Spanish speakers > who are learning > >English. There are many ways and places to learn > English. There are > >school districts and support service groups like > UMOS, for example. > > > > Spanish speakers here also watch > television from Mexico > >City, Monterrey, and local Mexican tv stations. > These stations > >advertise ESL programs for those living in Mexico. > For example, there's > >'Ingles sin Barreras', Harmon Hall, and Disney. > And, now, these are > >being used here in tropical deep south Texas. > > > > There was a time when I could go to > the mall and just > >sitting around while Mexican tourists took a braek > from shopping I could > >have conversations and hear different sounds from > here to Mexico City, > >Oaxaca, Nayarit, and Vera Cruz, for example. But, > now, it's common to > >have a willing interlocutor begin to want to > practice their English. > >And, they give me all the details about doing > business in the USA for > >their companies and they always want to emphasize > to their children that > >the English that they to are studying is good and > useful. Especially, > >when they see their parents conversing in English. > On one occasion, I > >began conversing with a young lady who began to > speak to me in English > >and explained that since she had studied to be an > interpreter/translator > >in Mexico, she always looked forward to practicing > her English with a > >willing interlocutor. Which was, in this case, me. > > > > Also, these days in the NAFTA > factories English, Spanish, > >Japanese, Chinese, German, etc are important. > Companies hire teachers > >to teach English to the Mexican workers, Spanish to > the management, and > >a third language is needed to talk to corporate > offices in other > >countries. > > > >James Phillips, MLS > >Librarian > >South Texas Community College > >Dr. Ramiro R. Casso Nursing and Allied Health > Center > >1101 East Vermont > >McAllen, Texas 78501 > >956-683-3121 > >956-683-3190 (fax) > >www.stcc.cc.tx.us > >www.stcc.cc.tx.us/nah > >phillips@stcc.cc.tx.us > >jphilip@tenet.edu > >se habla español > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Take advantage of our best MSN Dial-up offer of the > year — six months > @$9.95/month. Sign up now! > http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/
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