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 hB3JGvm03050; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 14:16:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 14:16:57 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <Law9-F55KrdyyN1w3RJ000081dd@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:9680] RE: Maria Spelleri is the expert on this topic ... X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 4594 Lines: 142 Robb- Thank you for this information, Susan >From: Robb Scott <jayhawk76@yahoo.com> >Reply-To: nifl-esl@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9674] Maria Spelleri is the expert on this topic ... >Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:58:18 -0500 (EST) > >Maria Spelleri, in Sarasota, Florida >( mariasp@peoplepc.com ) is an expert >in the area you are talking about. >An interview with her is posted at >http://www.eslminiconf.net/june/spelleri.html , >on the ESL MiniConference Online, but >I suggest you contact her by e-mail >with your questions about companies >hiring ESL teachers to teach their >non-English workers. >Best regards, >Robb Scott >Editor, ESL MiniConference Online >http://www.ESLminiconf.net/aboutus.html > >--- Susan Ryan <susanefl@hotmail.com> wrote: > > 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. 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