Hi, Jennifer,

Can I suggest some of the briefs and digests on our (The Center for Adult English Language Acquisition) Web site? We have used the following in our professional development activities for teachers of adult English language learners and they have worked well:

Supporting Adult English Language Learners' Transitions to Postsecondary Education
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/briefs/transition.html

How Should Adult ESL Reading Instruction Differ from ABE Reading Instruction?
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/briefs/readingdif.html

Beginning to Work with Adult English Language Learners: Some Considerations
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/digests/beginQA.html

Also, since you will be doing professional development, you might find our Framework for Quality Professional  Development for Practitioners Working With Adult English Language Learners  helpful. It's on our new project Web site, the Center for Adult English Language Acquisition Network

http://www.cal.org/caelanetwork/

Follow the link in the middle of the page.

Best wishes for your coming professional development--
Kirsten

Kirsten Schaetzel, Ph.D.
Center for Adult English Language Network
Center for Applied Linguistics
4646 40th St. NW
Washington, DC 20016
kschaetzel at cal.org


-----Original Message-----
From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Jennifer Herrin
Sent: Wed 6/11/2008 10:10 AM
To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov
Subject:  [EnglishLanguage 2616]  Sheltered English for Adults?
 
Hello all,
In our community college program we have only one
transition course for ESL students. Therefore, once
students have tested out of ESL classes (we use the
CASAS), they often end up in Developmental English
classes. The teachers of these classes often do not have
training or experience with ESL.

I will soon be responsible for providing training for
these teachers, and I would like to know if there are
any resources (articles, textbooks) that would give me
ideas to help mainstream teachers build strategies to
best serve the ESL students that end up in their
classes.

I have found info on "sheltering" strategies for K-12,
such as collaborative work, using visuals, repeating,
paraphrasing, etc. (strategies ESL teachers are quite
familiar with). However, I would like to find more
adult-focused materials to help these non-ESL teachers
work with ESL adults in their classrooms.

Thank you much!

Jennifer Herrin
Central New Mexico Community College
jherrin at cnm.edu

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