Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j0TL8Vn22111; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:08:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:08:31 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <BE2167A8.4D55%elsa.auerbach@umb.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Elsa Auerbach <elsa.auerbach@umb.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10693] <no subject> X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Status: RO Content-Length: 3097 Lines: 66 Dear all, I thought you might like to know that a completely new version of Problem-Posing at Work: English for Action (formerly ESL for Action) which Nina Wallerstein and I co-authored has just been published by Grassroots Press along with a sister volume, Problem-Posing at Work: A Popular Educator's Guide. Both can be ordered from http://www.literacyservices.com/ Here's a blurb: Two new books for workplace education from Grassroots Press! Problem-Posing at Work: English for Action by Elsa Auerbach and Nina Wallerstein Problem-Posing at Work: A Guide for Popular Educators by Nina Wallerstein and Elsa Auerbach English for Action: Problem-Posing at Work is a new and completely revised version of ESL for Action which focuses on workplace themes and issues related to the working lives of immigrants and refugees. Inspired by the problem-posing approach of Paulo Freire, this book invites learners to share and analyze their experiences, to acquire the language, skills, and information necessary for greater power over their circumstances, and to strategize together for changes. This revised edition updates the 1987 text to incorporate a focus on the effects of globalization on workers¹ lives; its scope is expanded to include information about Canada as well as the U.S., and it is substantially reformatted for increased accessibility. It includes authentic photos and stories of workers active in their workplaces and communities. The text is intended for intermediate to advanced ESL students in workplace, pre-vocational, vocational, community-based, union and labor education programs. Special features: … Contextualized grammar, literacy, and communication skills … Information about workers¹ rights … Tools for investigating workplace health and safety and other issues … Photos of immigrant workers by David Bacon … Stories and narratives of immigrant workers (including excerpts from Miriam Ching Louie¹s Sweatshop Warriors, South End Press) … Readings and analysis about the effects of globalization on immigrant workers and the responses of worker organizations … Information relevant to U.S. and Canadian work contexts Problem-Posing at Work: A Guide for Popular Educators is a new book which explores Freirian approaches to adult education, with a particular focus on immigrants and workers. It presents the underlying rationale for this teaching approach, strategies and tools for enacting it, a case study of a problem-posing cycle by workplace educator Jenny Utech, an analysis of the role of social change pedagogy within globalization struggles, and an extensive resource list. While the book draws on prior work of the authors (including Wallerstein¹s Language and Culture in Conflict and Auerbach¹s Making Meaning, Making Change), it extends these texts to build on the accumulated knowledge and experience of educators who have been inspired by Freire¹s work over the past several decades. Available in January 2005 from Grassroots Press. http://www.literacyservices.com/ Grass Roots Press P.O. Box 52192 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2T5
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