In an earlier post I mentioned the excellent Website for Eastside Literacy's ESL Program. If you haven't yet seen their materials, take the time to check it out. Why reinvent the wheel? The site is exceptionally well organized, easy to navigate, and to the point. You will not get lost or overwhelmed as you read and print materials. This information is everything we just couldn't fit in when you attended training. This is the information you are looking for!!!
- Start with the Lesson Planning reminders
- Check out the short but very useful list of Web resources and books
- Get answers to some commonly perplexing tutoring issues and some issues specific to ESL students
- Curriculum ideas by topic! Be sure to explore the links on the left as well as the helpful information on the right side of the screen. Includes worksheets!!!
- Practical English for every adult, also known as Equipped For the Future.
- All things work-related from looking for a job to moving up and moving on. Includes worksheets!
- Money! Budgeting! Yes! Yes! Lesson plans and support material available here.
- Teaching English using techniques for learning disabilities. Many of the things we do when working with our lowest-level language/literacy learners are the same things we do when addressing the needs of learning disabled students. Good, good material here!
- Look here for more techniques, but scroll down to "Teaching Techniques."
If you really dig into the materials on Eastside Literacy's site, you'll be an expert ESL tutor before you know it--and your student will be the competent communicator you had both hoped for.
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