Received: from mail.co.albemarle.va.us ([199.111.1.2]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA13907 for <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov>; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:37:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from Connect2 Message Router by mail.co.albemarle.va.us via Connect2-SMTP 4.20A; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:38:42 -0500 Message-ID: <B2A19C420179440F@mail.co.albemarle.va.us> In-Reply-To: <877C9C420179440F@mail.co.albemarle.va.us> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:38:14 -0500 From: Elaine Cecelski <ececelsk%acva@mail.co.albemarle.va.us> Sender: Elaine Cecelski <ececelsk%acva@mail.co.albemarle.va.us> Organization: County of Albemarle To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Subject: Re: Introduction Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Connect2-SMTP 4.20A MHS/SMF to SMTP Gateway X-Status: Status: RO Hi, my name is Elaine and I teach ESL to migrant farmworkers and their children, through the Mirant Education Program, Adult Ed and as a volunteer. My adult classes are pretty interesting. All of you ESL part time carry all your materials in your car types are used to tough conditions I know, but listen to this. Ii go to migrant camps that are 25 miles out in the county on curvy roads. We start at 7:00 pm since the workers dont get home until then or later. I have to bring our light (a system of extnsion cords and 150 watt bulbs) and blankerts to sit on outside. i have a small group of bundled up volunteers and we divide up with dry erase boards and notebooks and pens and have a great time! Most of our students are here to pick apples and so are in the area only 7-10 weeks. once it gets cold and the hoards move on a smaller group moves inside to one of the camp rooms (cinderblock, no heat, but inside) and continue as long as we have students. For families we do a similar deal with a "family literacy box" which includes books and activities designed aroug a theme like "birthdays", "bears" or "All about me". It's lots of fun, in fact I would never go back into the classroom. It's not that I don't like heat and light but I am convinced that literacy and ESL must start where folks live, using the words, objects and experiences they already have and building on those. Home is where folks feel confident and safe which is how we all like to learn. I'm interested mostly in farmworkers and what others are doing with them. you can email me directly at ececelsk@mail.co.albemarle.va.us
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