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 h92JqkV04333; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 15:52:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 15:52:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20031002194909.41423.qmail@web12307.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: Antje Meissner <antjemeissner@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9529] Re: ESL -goal setting X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 3899 Lines: 155 Alecia, we developed our own goal setting interview as part of our adult learner handbook. The ideas are from different literacy programs that participated in the lila wallace Initiative. You can find it on the web at: www.literacyvolunteers.org/ppe/student_intake/ leon_handbook.rtf Hope it helps, Antje Antje Meissner Literacy Volunteers of Leon County 200 West Park Avenue Tallahassee, FL 32301 --- Alecia D'Angelo <adangelo@lagcc.cuny.edu> wrote: > Does anyone have an interesting materials having to > do with helping > Adult ESOL students with goal setting? I'm > specifically interested in > the ideas of helping students to set realistic > long-term goals and then > establishing short-term goals that lead to the > long-term goal. > Any suggestions of materials or approaches would be > great. > > Thank you, > Alecia D'Angelo > > >>> sylvan@cccchs.org 10/02/03 03:03PM >>> > Hi, Mona, > > Have we talked about the INEA program? -- it seems > this would be ideal > for > your program. The key thing INEA does not pay for is > personnel, and you > have > funds for that. They provide training for teachers > and curriculum > materials > free for students. It's a very good program. The > only hitch you may > face is > contacting the Mexican consulate in your area, as > the program is run > by > them. I can put in contact with our INEA > instructor/administrator if > you > wish. > > You are certainly right that many of our students > are pre-GED levels > in > their native language, which then impedes their > learning of English. So > we > find that teaching both ESL and Native Language > Literacy (NLL) is vital > to > success for many of the students. It adds another > layer of complexity > in the > multi-level-ness of classrooms, which is a > challenge, but the benefits > are > really worth it. > > ------- > Sylvan Rainwater mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org > Program Managaer Family Literacy > Clackamas Co. Children's Commission / Head Start > Oregon City, OR USA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nifl-esl@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-esl@nifl.gov] > On Behalf Of Mona > Curtis > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 8:36 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9523] Re: dynamics of this list > > Dear Friends, > We at Treasure Valley Community College are > embarking on a new venture > and I > would like some help if anyone else on the Listserv > has experience in > this > area. Ontario Oregon is a rural community and many > of our ESL > students are > agricultural workers whose native language is > Spanish. In our efforts > to > teach ESL we have repeated found that lack of > literacy skills in the > native > language creates a barrier in learning English as > an adult. Spanish > literacy is also a part of our goal of produing > students who are fully > bilingual, meaning they read, write and speak both > English and Spanish > well. > We have a strong Spanish GED program but many > students are not GED > level; > they are pre-GED level. So it is this lower end > Spanish literacy > skills > that we wish to address. > > We have funds to hire a Spanish Literacy tutor > coordinator and we also > have > a pool of potential tutors, mainly recent Spanish > GED graduates. There > are > also many bilingual people in the community who I > think would be > willing to > help if a system was in place to connect them to the > individuals who > need > the help. > > I would really like to find some other colleges or > organizations who > have > done similar work in native language literacy so > that we can share > ideas. > > Mona Curtis > ESL Coordinator > Treasure Valley Community College > 650 College Blvd. > Ontario, OR 97914 > www.tvcc.cc > 541-881-8822 x 316 > fax 541-881-2747 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
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