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 h08KsiP21954; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:54:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:54:44 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <B24038C0D3E160419E320030D92C22DE971212@hobbes.cal.org> 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: "Miriam Burt" <miriam@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8432] New issue of NCLE Notes now on Web... X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 3330 Lines: 85 > Hello all: > > The latest issue of NCLE Notes, our semi-annual newsletter, is now up on NCLE's Web site. Those of you who are on the mailing list should get your hard copy within the next two weeks. > > The focus of this newsletter is on "English that Works," and the 12-page issue includes a book review, excerpt from recent NCLE pub on integrating language skill development with skills for success in workplace and in the community, interview with a NCLE author, news about NCLE staff, new resources for adult English language learners, and more. > > To encourage you to have a look at the newsletter on line, NCLE has devised a little contest where you match the answers to the correct questions. > > Directions: > > The first person to ... > > 1.scan the newsletter on line at http://www.cal.org/ncle/Nnotes112.pdf; > > 2. match the questions below with their answers by writing the number of the question on the line before each answer; and > > 3. email the answers to ncle@cal.org > > > WILL RECEIVE A NCLE BOOK OF THEIR CHOICE! > > ******However, if you hit the "reply" button from this message and send the answers to the whole list, you will be disqualified. Besides cluttering up the list, this would ruin the "contest" for others who might want to participate. ***************** > > By the end of the day today, I will announce the winner. Notice that this is being posted simultaneously on the ESL, workplace, and focus on basics adult literacy electronic lists so that no one list gets an unfair advantage. > > Good luck and happy reading! Once again, remember to send your answers to ncle@cal.org > > Miriam > > Matching Exercise from NCLE Notes http://www.cal.org/ncle/Nnotes112.pdf > > 1. Who told us that George makes only $5.00 an hour rather than $6.00 like the other "dishers" at Jerry's Restaurant in Key West? > > 2. Who is the mother of twin girls who attend Drew University? > > 3. What new publication from NCLE provides an overview of the field of adult ESL in the U.S. today? > > 4. Which area in the U.S. is home to the highest percentage of African immigrants? > > 5. What publication resembles a laminated placemat? > > 6. Which area in the U.S. has one of the largest concentrations of Mexican immigrants? > > 7. What TESOL publication describes how to set up a quality program for adult English language learners? > > 8. Who says that working in the refugee border camps in Pakistan changed her life? > > Answers > > __ Illinois > > __ Adult English Language Instruction in the 21st Century > > ___ Donna Moss > > ___ Making it Clear: A Clear Language and Design Screen > > ___ Brigitte Marshall > > ___ Washington, DC > > ___ Barbara Ehrenreich > > ___ Standards for Adult ESL Programs > > > *********** > Miriam Burt > Associate Director, National Center for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE) > Center for Applied Linguistics > 4646 40th Street NW > Washington, DC 20015 > (202) 362-0700 (phone) > (202) 363-7204 (fax) > miriam@cal.org > ***************************************** > Visit NCLE's Web site at www.cal.org/ncle > ***************************************** > We're the only national center devoted exclusively to providing technical assistance to those working with adults learning English as a second language. > > > > >
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