[Sabeswest] Techniques to Help ESOL Learners in ABE - UnPacking Transitions

[Michele Sedor]

Here is another workshop that is part of SABES West's UnPacking Transitions Day.  Stay tuned for one more....

On this day, you can choose from an array of four workshops; two in the morning and two in the afternoon.  Come for one or come for two.  Lunch is not provided but there is an hour between workshops and the HCC cafeteria is nearby both workshop sites.
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Techniques to Help ESOL Learners in the Mainstream ABE Classroom

Thursday, April 5, 2007
HCC, 1-4 p.m., Kittredge Center 302
Presenter:  Maria Elena Gonzalez, consultant, Boston

(For more information on this workshop, including learning objectives and presenter's biographical information, please see calendar.sabes.org)

To register, go to calendar.sabes.org or contact Adrienne at amorris at hcc.mass.edu (413) 552-2586.




In the past few years,  programs have seen an increase of speakers of ESOL in their ABE classes.   Usually, this is because their comprehension and oral skills in English are high and they have "maxed" out of adult ESOL classes.  The literacy skills of many of these learners are low in English and often times, in their native language as well.   This situation can be compounded by the fact that most adult ESOL learners have not had years of schooling in English in which to develop vocabulary and other language skills necessary to pass the GED or go on to higher education.  As research has shown, it takes from 5-7 years(Cummins et al.) of continued classroom instruction for a student in the K-12 system  to achieve "academic competence" in English.  Most of the adults in our programs have never had that many hours of continued English instruction in a classroom so even though their oral skills may be high, they lag behind in their academic skills.    In this workshop, we will  examine the issue of ESOL learners in mainstream ABE classrooms and explore some techniques to adapt to the ABE classroom.
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