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Adult Ed Interest Sections Activities

Adult Ed. IS Spring Meeting: Saturday, March 3rd

Chesapeake College. March 3rd. Octavia Shaw and Stephanie Shultz will present on the topic: “Ten Strategies for Success.” Please continue to check the website for updates, adjustments and possible inclement weather plans.

Adult Ed. IS Spring Meeting 2006

The Adult Education Special Interest Group invited all interested members to a morning movie and continental breakfast on Saturday, January 28, 2006, 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. We watched "Chasing Freedom" and participated in a discussion about issues facing adult immigrants led by MSDE ESL Specialist Karen Gianninoto. The event was held at Central Library of Howard County Public Library. The movie had a profound impact and led to an excellent discussion.

Adult Ed. IS Spring Meeting 2005 (A Complimentary Workshop for Adult Educators of ESOL):

Our spring meeting held on Saturday, April 16, 2005 from 9am - 12:30pm was an Adult Education Workshop. Click here to download the handouts passed out at the workshop. (6 pages, pdf file). Click here to download the notes from the workshop (3 pages. pdf file).

Adult Ed. Interest Section Resources

Practitioner Toolkit: Working with Adult English Language Learners: It provides a variety of materials to help practitioners meet the language and literacy development needs of the ELL students they serve. These
include responses to Frequently Asked Questions, a first-day orientation guide, lesson plans, research-to-practice papers on English language and literacy learning, and an annotated list of English and Spanish language assessments in use. It is developed by the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL)
and the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
Helpful Links for Adult Ed. Educators
(Courtesy of Elizabeth Lindsey, ESOL Coordinator at the Community College of Baltimore County)

Best Practices

Center for Applied Linguistics CAL: Improving communication for better understanding of language and culture

CASAS: Information on the state mandated assessments

Equipped for the Future (EFF)

Maryland Content Standards for Adult ESL/ESOL

TESOL Adult Education Interest Section: Click on Content Standards

Discussion Groups (List Serves)

NIFL list-serve (some interesting and informative discussion groups)

Lesson Plans

Civics education for Adult English language learners

Here's a great link for those working with older ESOL learners. It's the homepage of The Coalition of Limited English Speaking Elderly.

Dave's ESL Cafe on the Web. Sections for students and teachers

Computers in Action: Integrating Computer Technology into the ESOL Curriculum

Computers and English for Speakers of other Languages

Need some ideas to help your students retain information or skills you've taught? Here are some suggestions.

Take 15 publications (can also be downloaded in Chinese, French, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese)

Public school literature available in varied languages (depending upon the document)

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