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 i2TGR5m28520; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:27:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:27:05 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200403291623.i2TGNmJ1075955@mail0.mx.voyager.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: "Barb Linek" <eslmax@voyager.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10126] Re: Overcoming Attitude Difficulties X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: CoreCommMail Status: O Content-Length: 892 Lines: 27 Tell them how valuable English is in the job market. I know people who left good jobs in Mexico and came here because they could not advance without learning English. One was a hotel manager, the other a paralegal. In Korea, parents are paying English tutors high wages for teaching their preschoolers and school-age children English. English is money! > I work with students ranging in age from Kindergarten through high school. > I find my middle school and high school students, who know they will be in > America for only a year or two, to be very negative about their ESL class. > Getting them motivated to learn is difficult, if not impossible, because > they have the attitude that they are only going to be here a short time, so > what's the point? Any suggestions? > > Barb Linek Adult Education Coordinator Illinois Migrant Education Even Start (815) 609-9935
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