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 hB21Owm01800; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 20:24:58 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 20:24:58 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3FCBBDDF.6AA40C7D@tenet.edu> 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: james phillips <jphilip@tenet.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9665] esl/regions X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; I) Status: O Content-Length: 2157 Lines: 49 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 espaƱol
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