Maryland Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

Adult Ed. Interest Section Activities

• Adult Ed. IS Spring Meeting 2007:

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.

For more information or questions contact your IS chairs Karen Gianninoto & Bob Fellerath.

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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