[FamilyLiteracy] Fwd: [ProfessionalDevelopment] New Issue: Focus on BasicsGail Price gprice at famlit.orgThu Dec 15 08:47:45 EST 2005
Begin forwarded message: > > > The following announcement is posted on behalf of Barb Garner, > Editor of Focus > on Basics. > +++++++++++++++++++ > > The newest issue of "Focus on Basics" is now on NCSALL's web site, > http://www.ncsall.net. It's on ESOL and features research from > NCSALL’s ESOL > Lab School. > > Steve Reder, director of the ESOL Lab School, a partnership of > Portland State > University and Portland Community College, describes the research > and how it > is conducted. Kathryn Harris reports on one aspect of her study of > pair work > in the ESOL classroom. Learners she studied individualized their > pair work, > adapting the activities to their language learning needs. Pair > activities are > provided by Donna Moss of Arlington, VA. > > Sustained silent reading has been found to encourage many students > to read: > does it do the same with beginning-level ESOL learners? It is a viable > practice with this group, explain Sandra Banke and Reuel Kurzet, who > participated in this Lab School study. To improve their students’ > speaking and > listening skills, teachers often set up conversation groups. What > if the > conversation leaders were university students who studied > immigration and > cultural adaptation as well as strategies for initiating and keeping > conversations going? Betsy Kraft chronicles her classes’ > experiences leading > conversations with Lab School students. > > Anyone who has taught an ESOL class with students from a variety of > language > backgrounds has noticed the chatter that goes on, in English, > during breaks. > Dominique Brillanceau was curious about whether this casual > conversation > occurs in class as well, and, if it does, what role it plays in > learning. > Starting conversations can be hard for anyone; it’s even harder in > a new > language. John Hellermann explored the nuance of initiating and > turn-taking in > conversations in Lab School classes. Some ESOL learners get stuck, and > teachers struggle to find out why. Robin Schwarz, now of Ohio, > shares case > studies from her years of work with ESOL learners and teachers and > provides > tips on how to find out what might be the problem. > > And the development of NCSALL's Health Literacy Study Circle+ guide is > chronicles by Winston Lawrence, NY, and Lisa Soricone, NCSALL. > > Happy Reading! > Barb Garner > Editor > > ---------------------------------------------------- > National Insitute for Literacy > Adult Literacy Professional Development mailing list > ProfessionalDevelopment at nifl.gov > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ > professionaldevelopmentDevelopment > > Gail J. Price Multimedia Specialist National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main Street, Suite 300 Louisville, KY 40205 Phone: 502 584-1133, ext. 112 Fax: 502 584-0172
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