Received: from yarra.vicnet.net.au (yarra.vicnet.net.au [203.10.72.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA17248 for <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov>; Sat, 29 Mar 1997 03:39:17 -0500 (EST) From: carlrw@vicnet.net.au Received: from [203.10.73.186] (ppp186.vicnet.net.au [203.10.73.186]) by yarra.vicnet.net.au (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id TAA11440 for <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov>; Sat, 29 Mar 1997 19:40:29 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <199703290940.TAA11440@yarra.vicnet.net.au> X-Sender: carlrw@vicnet.net.au (Unverified) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 19:54:28 +1100 To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Subject: Re: RE: pronunciation of letter names Status: RO Content-Length: 1351 Lines: 38 Emily, Thanks - this is an excellent and original idea (to me anyway). Do you make up your own bingo cards? I've never played bingo so I'm not entirely clear about the ins and outs of it all. As I said in another response, I'm amazed and impressed by the diversity of ideas that teachers come up with. It cheers me up and makes me feel proud to be part of this profession. Cheers (and thanks again), Mex Butler. >Hello-- > >I teach adult ESL literacy to Spanish-speakers. We end many of our mornings >with Alphabet Bingo; I give out bingo cards to pairs or individuals, "call" >the letter names randomly, and have the students use pennies or dry lima >beans to mark their cards. The winner gets a candy, usually. Sometimes I have >them fill out their own blank cards, for writing practice. > >Other days I have the students come up front and give them each a few cards >with one letter on each card. We start with "Who has A?" and continue until >the whole alphabet is displayed in order on the chalk tray. > >I also have made up special student-to-student dictation lists of the more >challenging local street names (e.g., Berkshire, Buckeye, Blenheim). > >Finally, we practice dialogs with: What is your first name/last name/address? >...Can you spell that please? > >Hope this is of some use to somebody! > >Emily Wheeler >eswheeler@aol.com
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