thus can be adapted to adult esol===   clayton.k12.ga.us
 
inauguration day activities, suggested

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From: La Ferla, Portia <PLaFerla at tusd.org>
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 3378] Re: Does anyone have any Presidential Inau guration materials?
To: "'The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List'" <englishlanguage at nifl.gov>
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 11:49 AM








Larry Ferlazzo's Website of the Day posting for today lists sites that are good for the inauguration. He has a whole list filed on his website under "Social Studies." Here is the link: 
 
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/.
 
Portia La Ferla
ESL Resource Teacher/ Program Coordinator
Torrance Adult School 
 




From: Martin Senger [mailto:MSenger at GECAC.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:46 AM
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 3371] Does anyone have any Presidential Inauguration materials?
 
Pax et bonum! (peace & goodness)
 
We are combining our GED and ESL classes to watch the Inauguration next week, and I am looking for any handouts or activities to use before/after they watch it. Any ideas? 
 
Thanx!
 

Martin E. Senger
Adult ESL / Civics Teacher,
G.E.C.A.C. / The R. Banjamin Wiley Learning Center
Erie, Pa.
Co-Director,
ESL Special Interest Group
Pa. Assoc. for Adult Continuing Education (PAACE)
 


From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of t m o l l i n s
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:25 AM
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 3367] Re: [English Language 3360] Re: quantifyingstudent interest in material
 

 
Beautifully said Lee. I was just trying slog through a report called Addressing Canada's Literacy Needs: A cost/benefit analysis that is filled with little charts showing how many hours people at various literacy levels need, how much it will cost to provide it to them and how much they will return to the economy as a result. And weird stuff like this:

The causes of the literacy market failure can be traced to a few simple facts. ... Markets only work well when both buyers and sellers have a clear idea of the costs and benefits that would be associated with the purchase of additional literacy skill and this is clearly not the case with most Canadians, or their policy makers.  ... Third, there is some evidence that the current offering of literacy products and services available to potential consumers does not reflect their needs. 

Your message is the perfect antidote to this drivel.

Cheers, 
tracey mollins
publisher ~ literacies: researching practice, practising research

website: http://www.literacyjournal.ca
blog: http://literaciescafe.blogspot.com

I consider myself an advocate for students with learning disabilities - for some students reading is so difficult, cumbersome, and confusing that they will use an alternate format to access that same information as a fluent reader.  The same is true for those who are visually impaired.  
Just because reading difficulties are severe, doesn't mean that processing of material that is far beyond the reading skill level can't happen - it just happens in a different format. The use of, availability of, and instruction of those different formats doesn't negate the importance of reading skills for the general public, as a general rule.
One size doesn't fit all!  
Everyone deserves equal access to information and education.
Thank goodness we live in a time when technology evens out the playing field for those whose struggle with language in print. 
 
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