ESOl Strategies for Learners with Low Levels of Native Language Literacy (W)

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Overview

This workshop is focused on those ESOL learners who enter the classroom with limited formal education in their native language(s).

Details

Many adult learners arrive in the ESOL classroom with limited formal education in their native language(s). This can complicate their ability to learn written as well as spoken English. This workshop offers ESOL instructors the opportunity to: (1) examine the complexity of first language illiteracy and how it an inform second language acquisition; and (2) learn classroom strategies and pedagogical practices that have proven effective with low-literacy ESOL learners. Note: This workshop is part of the Instructional Foundations series and qualifies for PDPs, if taken with others workshops in this series that total at least 10 contact hours. Other workshops in this series include: “Managing Your Multi-level ESOL Class: What you need to know and do” (November 2008; 3 hours), Take the GRR out of grammar: Grammar made easy (December 2008, 5.5 hours), “Write Down: The Write(ing) Workshop for Supporting all Learners (especially ESOL) in the ABE, Pre-GED and GED Classroom (May 2009; 4 hours). You must contact Michele before the start of the first workshop for which you are registered for information on PDPs.

When

April 3, 2009 from 09:00 am to 12:00 pm

Where

• Holyoke Community College
• 303 Homestead Avenue
• Kittredge Center - Room 226
• Holyoke, MA 01040

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Topics

ESOL

Multi-session attendance required

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Contact info

Michele Sedor
msedor@hcc.mass.edu
(413) 552-2442

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction

Learning objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

·        Explain the relationship between first language literacy and second language acquisition

·        Examine the complexity of variables underlying this relationship

·        Describe classroom strategies that promote literacy and language acquisition

·        Utilize pedagogical practices known to be effective with low-literacy ESOL learners

Presenters

Julie Rapoport, The Community Consulting Initiative

Presenters Bio

Julieann Rapoport has a long history in the fields of literacy and language. She began her professional career designing and implementing a native language literacy program for the New England Farm Workers' Council in the mid-1980s. Subsequently, she worked in rural El Salvador with a team of Salvadoran literacy workers and trainers. From 1990 to 1997, she was the founding executive director of the Community Education Project in Holyoke. Julie is currently principal of The Community Consulting Initiative, a consulting firm that works domestically and internationally in the areas of nonprofit planning, evaluation, and training. In that capacity, she served as the Massachusetts Department of Education Professional Development Facilitator for Pre-ESOL Adult Literacy programs from 2004 through 2008.

Host RSC

West Massachusetts Region

PDPs

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