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 h2Q3xUM29439; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 22:59:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 22:59:30 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <F24puQZmq9LwLLbeI8K000041e8@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: "libby adams" <libbyadams@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8857] a multi-level workforce curriculum X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 1558 Lines: 42 Hello all, I am currently teaching a daily 3-hour multi-level Pre-Employment English course for adults and have been using the video/online curriculum, English For All. I'm having trouble 'grading' the activities so that each of the levels' needs are covered and are interesting and challenging to the learners. Actually, I'm feeling worn out by my attempts to accommodate all the levels. (low beginners to high intermediates) In addition to the multiple levels, the program has open enrollment and VERY busy learners so I rarely have the "same class" two days in a row! Sound familiar?! I don't feel a need to completely do away with English For All, but I'd like to supplement the curriculum with a more structured, multi-leveled, workforce based text that has self-contained chapters we could complete in about a week's time if at all possible. In other words, the PERFECT TEXT!! Or something close to it. <smile> My questions for you are: Have any of you used Prentice Hall's WORKSKILLS 1-3 books & audio tapes in a multi-level class with any success? If yes, how so? What other texts might fulfill my criteria? What strategies have you used to stay sane in a situation like mine? I'll thank you for your responses in advance! Libby Adams Workforce English Instructor Hubbs Center for Lifelong Learning St. Paul, Minnesota libbyadams@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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