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 h2QHuJM04371; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:56:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:56:19 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <25CB81470C145945ACCA11CBD2CDB34CA12324@gti5.gwinnett.tec.ga.us> 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: "Plumb, Judie" <jplumb@gwinnett.tec.ga.us> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8860] RE: a multi-level workforce curriculum X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 2368 Lines: 65 I teach a similar class, but don't have such open enrollment. Have you taken a look at Longman's Workplace Plus? 4 levels, each chapter in each book has the same title. Feasibly, your students could learn similar material at appropriate levels. Then there are the newest: Literacy Plus, A & B, also dealing with the workplace and civics issues. A is for someone who is not literate in their own language, and B is for those who are literate in their own language, but do not know any English. Judie Plumb Workplace & Health Literacy Lead Instructor Gwinnett Technical College 770-962-7580 Ext 340 -----Original Message----- From: libby adams [mailto:libbyadams@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:59 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8857] a multi-level workforce curriculum 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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