[EnglishLanguage 4122] Re: Themes and topics from TESOL 2009/DenverBrian, Dr Donna J G djgbrian at utk.eduTue Apr 7 10:59:55 EDT 2009
Thanks for sharing your insights, Michelle. I would have suspected that action research would contribute to a teacher's advancing toward master teacher status from novice, and it's always a good thing when research validates common practice. Miriam, who were the presenters of the sessions you mentioned below? Would it be possible to get electronic copies of the papers or handouts from the TESOL conference that Michelle and you thought were the best of the best? I would be especially interested in any sessions on "Career Pathways" and "Transitions" you mention, but others on the list would probably be interested in the other topics you mentioned. Donna Brian Moderator, LINCS Workplace Literacy Discussion List Off-list contact djgbrian at utk.edu To post a message: workplace at nifl.gov <mailto:workplace at nifl.gov> To subscribe/unsubscribe/change options/access archives: http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/workplace <http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/workplace> ________________________________ From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Michelle Ueland Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:39 AM To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List Subject: [EnglishLanguage 4121] Re: Themes and topics from TESOL 2009/Denver Miriam and colleagues on the Adult English Language Learners Discussion List, Among the best sessions that I attended at TESOL was about "burning questions" in research methodology hosted by Anne Burns from Macquaire University, Australia. One point that range 'true' for me and made me think of adult ESL professional development was that she noted that "novice" educators often move towards being "master" teachers by way of doing (action) research in our classrooms. I think research and adult ESL would be a great topic for further discussion on the list. Michelle M. Ueland, Ph.D. Adult ESL Center for Applied Linguistics Washington, DC From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Miriam Burt Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 5:12 PM To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List Subject: [EnglishLanguage 4108] Themes and topics from TESOL 2009/Denver Hello, all. I attended the annual Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Convention in Denver last week (March 24- 28) and found the following to be themes related to working with adult English language learners : Promoting transitions from ABE to ESL, workplace preparation, and college and university (including creating partnerships such as co-teaching with content teachers in community colleges) Creating career pathways, and developing partnerships with other service providers to help English language learners enter and move through career pathways Health care issues for English language learners - both as consumers and as a possible career Developing reading and writing ability and assessing writing development; the need for reading and writing assessments that can be used with adult learners at higher levels than are available now Improving English language learners' pronunciation skills Use of learner stories to facilitate learners' speaking and writing development Issues around culture and language EL/Civics and immigration updates Building capacity for providing effective instruction in communities with emerging English language populations Before it gets too much later, I would like to invite folks who attended the conference to share on this list any information they found particularly interesting, talk about any themes they felt were there, or give information about worthwhile presentations they attended (or facilitated!) What did I leave out? What were some of your impressions of the state of the field of instruction for adult English language learners? What was the buzz? What's hot? What's not? Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks. Miriam ******** Miriam Burt Center for Applied Linguistics 4646 40th Street NW Washington, DC 20016 (202) 362-0700, ext. 556 (phone) (202) 363-7204 (fax) mburt at cal.org <mailto:mburt at cal.org> (email) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/englishlanguage/attachments/20090407/d98408ba/attachment.html
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