[NIFL-ESL:11015] Hindi-Punjab-English texts?

From: PAUL ROGERS (pwaynerogers@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jul 29 2005 - 14:09:14 EDT


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I am looking for information on bilingual texts for
beginning students from India and Pakistan.
Paul Rogers

--- sandra fugate <aviasan2@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> Thanks for this information.  I really didn't know
> how
> she was perceived.  I am only vaguely familiar with
> her work, having read a short excerpt in the writing
> of another author.
> 
> She is referenced at the OTAN site as follows:
> 
> The model is based on the work from Madeline Hunter
> from her text, Mastery Teaching (1982), and adapted
> by
> the ESL Teacher Institute, Lesson Planning Module,
> then published by Longman, Teacher Training Through
> Video, 1992.
> 
> Sandra
> 
> 
> --- Elsa Auerbach <elsa.auerbach@umb.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Please note that there is a great deal of
> > controversy about Madeline
> > Hunter's approach which many practitioners (K-12)
> > find prescriptive and
> > mechanistic; it has been imposed  in a top-down
> way
> > in school systems and is
> > seen as controlling, stifling of teacher
> creativity,
> > disrespectful to
> > teachers' professionalism, etc.
> > 
> > Googling Madeline Hunter would probably turn up
> some
> > of these critiques
> > (although I have to admit I haven't done this).
> > 
> > Elsa Auerbach
> > 
> >   On 7/16/05 10:54 PM, "sandra fugate"
> > <aviasan2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Thanks David.  This is a very helpful site.  I
> > > especially like the extensive 'measurable verbs'
> > list
> > > that have been categorized.
> > > 
> > > I am somewhat familiar with the work of Madeline
> > > Hunter who is referenced in the OTAN site.
> > > 
> > > Are you familiar with Dr. Bob Kizlik's site,
> > Adprima,
> > > at http://www.adprima.com/?
> > > 
> > > I have also found the book "Learning Teaching"
> by
> > Jim
> > > Scrivener very useful.  Additionally, CAELA has
> > good
> > > ideas for planning lessons in their Toolkit.
> > > 
> > > Again, thanks for this great site.
> > > 
> > > Sandra
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- David Rosen <djrosen@comcast.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > >> Hello Sandra and others who have this question:
> > >> "What do you consider
> > >> to be the 'model' ESL-specific lesson plan
> > format?"
> > >> 
> > >> A new -- and possibly very useful -- tool which
> > >> addresses the need
> > >> you have described is Lesson Plan Builder
> > >> 
> > >>     
> > >> 
> > >
> >
>
http://www.adultedlessons.org/login.cfm?fuseaction=login
> > >> 
> > >> It's a free, online template where a teacher
> can
> > >> create lesson plans
> > >> and save them.  The lesson plans  can be done a
> > >> piece at a time,
> > >> saving (and returning to) the parts that are
> > done.
> > >> They follow a  
> > >> tried-and-true format (Madeline Hunter/WIPPIE).
> > They
> > >> have adult  
> > >> education (including ESL/ESOL) competencies
> > >> referenced within it
> > >> (such as CASAS, and SCANS, with others to be
> > added )
> > >> and it  
> > >> conveniently links with a (free) online rubrics
> > >> builder.  The  
> > >> completed lesson plans can be saved to one's
> own
> > >> computer (or a  
> > >> program's server for all teachers there to use)
> > and,
> > >> within a few  
> > >> months or, so they will be able to be saved to
> a
> > >> user-accessible,
> > >> searchable online database of lesson plans. 
> This
> > >> has been developed
> > >> (and will be improved) by OTAN in California. 
> I
> > saw
> > >> it demonstrated 
> > >> at COABE this year, and think it is potentially
> > very
> > >> useful to adult 
> > >> ESL/ESOL teachers and others.
> > >> 
> > >> What do you - and others here -- think of it?
> > >> 
> > >> David J. Rosen
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> On Jul 16, 2005, at 11:33 AM, sandra fugate
> > wrote:
> > >> 
> > >>> While we are on the subject of "Model ESL
> > >> Programs", I
> > >>> would like to ask a question.  What do you
> > >> consider to
> > >>> be the 'model' ESL-specific lesson plan
> format?
> > >> We
> > >>> are trying to create a 'formal' lesson plan
> > >> template
> > >>> that is ESOL-specific.  We have researched a
> > >> number of
> > >>> resources and have found that the components
> for
> > >> the
> > >>> 'recommended' ESOL-specific lesson plan are
> > pretty
> > >>> much the same with the exception of the titles
> > of
> > >> the
> > >>> components.  Even when the title varies (such
> as
> > >>> learner activities vs practice) the definition
> > is
> > >>> basically the same.
> > >>> 
> > >>> We have many ESOL practitioners who are 1)
> > >> part-time,
> > >>> 2) have no language acquisition teaching
> > >> experience or
> > >>> related educational background and  3) some
> who
> > >> may
> > >>> not even hold a k12 teaching license that
> would
> > >>> indicate they have had training in teaching
> > >>> methods/lesson planning.
> > >>> 
> > >>> For these reasons, we want to provide training
> > in
> > >>> lesson planning and ESOL-specific teaching
> > >> strategies.
> > >>>  Of course, we know that they will not create
> a
> > >> formal
> > >>> plan before each class, but we want them to at
> > >> least
> > >>> know how to do so and understand the
> principals
> > >> that
> > >>> support each component of an ESOL-specific
> > lesson
> > >>> plan.
> > >>> 
> > >>> In an effort to create a lesson plan that
> > conforms
> > >> to
> > >>> recognized ESL specifications, we would
> greatly
> > >>> appreciate your feedback.
> > >>> 
> > >>> Thank you,
> > >>> 
> > >>> Sandra Fugate
> > >>> ESOL Coordinator
> > >>> 
> > >> 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
> __________________________________________________
> 
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