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 i2NCBdI26391; Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:11:40 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:11:40 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <032320041117.5366.770e@comcast.net> 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: ttweeton@comcast.net To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10095] Re: certification X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 27 2003) Status: O Content-Length: 1709 Lines: 53 Yes Mona this curriculum is available here. http://www.firn.edu/doe/dwdframe/ad/ad_frame.htm or just www.firn.edu/doe. Tanya Tweeton ESOL and GED Programs Fort Lauderdale, Florida > Is Florida's ESOL curriculum available on the web? > > Mona Curtis > ESL Coordinator > Treasure Valley Community College > 650 College Blvd. > Ontario, OR 97914 > www.tvcc.cc > 541-881-8822 x 316 > fax 541-881-2747 > > >>> lalumineuse@yahoo.com 03/17/04 05:40AM >>> > >>The > > English k-12 requirement (that misguided and > > uninformed administrators used to insist on )has > > been totally eclipsed with the new state ESOL > > curriculum that has been developed in the past 5 > > years. We are focusing on a much more practical > > and useful approach. One can't go to the > > suppermarket with only a knowledge of verbs. An > > emphasis on grammer wasn't useful, or helping > > people to get to work.<< > > Good for Florida! That seems very sensible when we are > really not teaching adults English as a subject! > Great point Tanya! When I was at Rutgers this was > another point of discussion: literacy in adults is > also viewed in the same manner as K-12. International > definitions of adult literacy (UNESCO. etc.) go beyond > seeing literacy as reading and writing. Adult literacy > includes techniracy, numeracy, life skills, vocational > skills, all those practical aspects of ESOL that you > mention. As a field I really believe we need to have a > separate, clearer identity that differentiates K-12 > education from adult literacy. > > regards, > Ujwala > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam > http://mail.yahoo.com >
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