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 j13E0in10673; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:00:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:00:44 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <2e8319bb05020305585fbda8b1@mail.gmail.com> 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: Nancy McKeand <nancy.mckeand@gmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10708] Re: Field trips with large classes X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Status: O Content-Length: 535 Lines: 11 Another idea might be to go to the museum first yourself and develop a scavenger hunt-type activity for them to do while they are there. If they have a task to do that involves reading, writing, speaking and listening, they will be practicing English even if they group themselves into monolingual groups. Joe's supermarket suggestion is a good one, by the way. I did it with 16 teenaged young men from the UAE. Of course, they didn't all focus on what they should have been focusing on, but they all used English. Nancy McKeand
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