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 hB30ljm05469; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:47:45 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:47:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <LAW9-F100R4APiR3pnk000050e0@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:9673] RE: esl/regions X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 3029 Lines: 69 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
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