[GLC] Hunter College Club TESOL Presents: "A Participatory Approach to Workplace ESL" with Dr. Elsa Auerbach, Friday, April 27, 2007, 6:30 pm

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*Hunter** College** Club TESOL &*

*Hunter** College, School of Education, TESOL Program*

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*present *

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*the 1st Annual Hunter College TESOL Exchange*

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*with*

*DR. ELSA AUERBACH*

*Professor of English, University of Massachusetts, Boston*

*on*

* "A PARTICIPATORY APPROACH TO WORKPLACE ESL"*



English language skills are essential for new generations of immigrants in
New York as they seek to improve their lives in the workplace and to
participate fully in their communities.  Join us for this presentation and
discussion with Dr. Elsa Auerbach, a leading proponent of participatory ESL.
Dr. Auerbach will weave the principles of adult learning, second language
acquisition, and literacy theory to provide a foundation for conducting
needs analysis and designing programs and curricula for workplace ESL.  She
will engage us in expanding our notions of workplace ESL as a process that
is learner-centered, problem-posing and that promotes critical thinking,
reflection and action.

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*Friday, April 27, 2007*

*6:3**0 pm-9:00 pm*

*Interactive Presentation & Discussion followed by Reception*

*Hunter** College** West Faculty Dining Room, 8th Floor, 695 Park Avenue,*

*New York**, New York 10021***

*RSVP by April 20 to kate_bobby2005 at yahoo.com*

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*Elsa Auerbach* is a Professor of English at the University of
Massachusetts,  Boston, where she has taught since 1982. She received a B.A.
in French from Oberlin College (Ohio) in 1967 and, in 1972, a Ph.D. in
Linguistics from Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois).  *As an
applied linguist, Professor Auerbach** *works in the areas of language
pedagogy for adult English language learners and second language
reading/literacy, focusing primarily on participatory curriculum
development, family literacy and English for immigrant workers. Her primary
interest in these domains is on how second language and literacy pedagogy
contribute to social justice and empowerment for immigrant and refugee
learners.



She is the author of* Making Meaning, Making Change: Participatory
Curriculum Development for Adult ESL/Literacy*, (CAL, 1992); *From the
Community-to the Community: A Guidebook for Participatory Literacy
Training*(Erlbaum, 1996);
*Community Partnerships* (Ed). *Case Studies in TESOL Practice
Series.*Alexandria, VA: TESOL, 2002 and (with Nina Wallerstein)
*Problem-Posing at Work: English for Action* (Grassroots Press, 2004)
and *Problem-Posing
at Work: Popular Educator's Guide *(Grassroots Press, 2005).  She is
also the 1998 recipient of the TESOL Newbury House Distinguished Research
Award for "'It's Not the English Thing': Bringing Reading Research into the
Classroom," (TQ, 1997).