I would recommend exercising caution in using children's resources to instruct adults. Too often, adults with limited English proficiency are not treated like the intelligent adults that they are. Although the resources available in adult ed pale by comparison with the plethora of materials available for children, there still is a strong and growing body of materials available to us -- including, as Hazel has mentioned, the realia that are available and useful to adults in navigating their complex lives in a new culture.
 
An aside to Salman Saeed: Please contact me directly (email address below) for help connecting to local resources in the Falls Church area that can help you. 
Bonnie Moore
 
Bonita M. Moore, Ph.D.
Director, Adult and Community Education
Fairfax County Public Schools
bonnie.moore at fcps.edu 
www.fcps.edu/aceclasses 
A World of Learning at Your Doorstep!

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From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Robinson, Hazel
Sent: Fri 2/20/2009 12:30 PM
To: awayman1 at kirksville.k12.mo.us; The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 3921] Re: New Subject:Pre-GEDSoftwareand/orCurriculum Lesson Plans



When I have taught Beginning Literacy, I have used basic reading books
of my children that I had saved. My students did well with these simple,
colorful story books. I have also used the children basic writing books
with writing simple words in the beginning, then adding to words and
eventually writing sentences. Picture Dictionaries are wonderful to use.
Usually information that contains a picture is helpful. You can use
catalogues, magazines with pictures and add your own words, and/or short
sentences to help your students.  Good luck.

Hazel Robinson
Austin ISD/Austin Community College
Adult Basic Education/ESL Program

512-972-5055

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With adult students who have little or no English vocabulary, I use the
Oxford Picture Dictionary (available in monolingual (English
only) or 13 bilingual editions) and accompanying materials.  There are 3
levels of workbooks, readers, audio program (tape or CD), lesson plans,
classroom activities, assessment, and Professional development pieces
available for the newly revised edition.  I have not seem all of the
pieces, but I do use the picture dictionary and the workbooks from the
older version.  Their website is www.oup.com I have no connection with
the company, but I have found this helpful.
One caution: a few times I have found a British rather than American
slant to some language.

---- Original Message ----
From: Salman.Saeed at fcps.edu
To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 3919] Re: New Subject: Pre-GED
Softwareand/orCurriculum Lesson Plans
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:10:30 -0500


>Hi Laura,

>

>I am an ESOL teacher at Transitional Program where students are

>non-native adults have no or very little English.  Students are

>refugees from different parts of the world.   I am looking for some

>reseaches or strategies in teaching adults non-native speakers academic



>English in order to qualify them to go to the main stream schools, and

>complete their high school diploma.

>

>Thanks for your help,

>

>Salman Saeed

>Falls Church Transitional HS

>(703)573-2064

>

>________________________________

>

>From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Grulich, Laura

>Sent: Thu 2/19/2009 4:17 PM

>To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List

>Subject: [EnglishLanguage 3918] Re: New Subject: Pre-GED Software

>and/orCurriculum Lesson Plans

>

>

>

>Sorry to interrupt this important thread but, I need your help---

>

>A literacy CBO program I am working with is looking into instituting a

>Pre-GED Class for their adult participants in the near future. They are



>looking for relevant Software and/or Curriculum Lesson Plans (available



>for free). If you have either of these or know of a source, please

>contact me so that I can pass it on to them.

>

>Many thanks!

>

>Laura

>

>Laura Grulich

>

>T: 212/788-9237

>

>E: lgrulich at dycd.nyc.gov

>

>

>

>________________________________

>

>From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov

>[mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Amber Gallup

>Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:04 AM

>To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov

>Subject: [EnglishLanguage 3913] Thursday Notes from OVAE attached

>

>

>

>Hello everyone -

>

>

>

>Attached you will find this week's Thursday Notes from OVAE.  Of

>particular interest in this issue are remarks by the new Secretary of

>Education, Arne Duncan, regarding the role he expects the Department of



>Education to play in the new administration.

>

>

>

>Amber

>

>

>

>Amber Gallup

>

>Adult ESL Specialist

>

>Center for Applied Linguistics

>

>Washington, DC

>

>(202) 362-0700  ext. 597

>agallup at cal.org

>

>

>

>

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