Hi

 

At my institution, we see a lot of students who are trying to make the
transition from ESL to college level classes. Two books I have found
useful are Second-Language Writing in the Composition Classroom, Matsuda
Cox, Jordan and Ortmeier-Hooper and Generation 1.5 Meets College
Composition, Harklau, Losey, & Siegal. We have found that a critical
issues for all of our students is learning and using academic language
patterns (Cummin's CALP) and critical thinking skills.  In our
transitional ESL classes, we are using a series called English for
Academic Success, currently published by Thomson Heinle. This series
very explicitly teaches academic skills such as summary, outlining, etc.


 

The CAELA website ( http://www.cal.org/index.html ) has lots of good
resources for ESL teachers.   I have a bibliography I have developed
ifyou would be interested in seeing that.

 

Janet Castilleja

Heritage University

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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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