Hello all!

This looks like a great site. Another site I've used is
www.moneyinstructor.com. I've mainly used it for materials like sample
money, checks, and bank statements. Some of these are free but it is
worth the ~$30 a year membership to get access to all the other
materials. It's not an ESOL website, but the lessons and materials are
adaptable.

Bryan Woerner
Center for Applied Linguistics

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Subject: [EnglishLanguage 4031] Re: Money Talks: An ESOL Toolkit for
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>Hi Nancy,

This looks good.  And very timely.  Could not open Overhead 1-A.  Mary
Kranz


The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center announces the publication of

> an online curriculum for teaching financial literacy to adult ESOL

> students that can be used and adapted to fit a wide range of learning

> situations. There are lessons for literacy level students and more

> advanced students learning English.

>

> Money Talks is a comprehensive resource that has complete lessons with

> teachers' notes, handouts, and picture stories.  There is a needs

analysis

> as well as a form for post assessment to evaluate a student's growth

in

> financial awareness and skill at managing money wisely.

>

> It can be found at http://moneytalks.valrc.org/

>

> Considering the current economic crisis, this curriculum is very

timely.

> Everyone can benefit from good financial planning that starts with a

> budget.  After conducting a very practical needs analysis in which the

> learners reflect on their own financial practices and future dreams

and

> goals (literacy level students can do this, too), teachers can follow

a

> flowchart of classroom lessons and activities geared towards the needs

of

> your students. The picture stories that accompany each lesson were

> specifically created for the toolkit.

>

> Money Talks is a project of the Literacy Institute and the Virginia

Adult

> Learning Resource

> Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, Northern Shenandoah Valley

> Adult Education,

> and Prince William County Public Schools in Virginia.

>

> Money Talks was made possible by the generous support of the Office of

> Adult Education and

> Literacy, the Virginia Department of Education, and the English

> Literacy/Civics Education Program.

> ********************************************************

> Nancy R. Faux

> ESOL Specialist

> Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center

> Virginia Commonwealth University

> 3600 W. Broad Street, Suite 669

> Richmond, VA 23230-4930

> nfaux at vcu.edu

> http://www.valrc.org

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