About ESL Literacy
Bow Valley has a pretty good Starter Kit -
The ESL Literacy Network (Canada) is here: globalaccess.bowvalleycollege.ca/networks/esl-literacy-network
A Practical Guide to Teaching ESL Literacy: globalaccess.bowvalleycollege.ca/our-resources/publications-resources/practical-guide-teaching-esl-literacy
Practitioner Toolkit: Working with Adult English Language
Learners
This toolkit provides a variety of materials to help language
and literacy instructors who are new to serving adults and families
learning English. These materials include a first-day orientation
guide, lesson plans, and research-to-practice papers on English
language and literacy learning. :: www.cal.org/caela/tools/program_development/prac_toolkit.html
Low Educated Second Language and Literacy Acquisition (LESLLA) – An International Research forum :: www.leslla.org
Knowing Your ESL Literacy Students Project
by the Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association - this project report
gives an overview of how a LINC program works for ESL Literacy learners.
en.copian.ca/library/learning/ciwa/kyls_project/kyls_project.pdf
There is an ESL Literacy YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ESLiteracy/videos?view=0
And here is my YouTube ESL Literacy playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6940301852B85EFD
Better handwriting for adults - https://www.nala.ie/sites/default/files/publications/better_handwriting_for_adults.pdf
Applying Research in Reading Instruction for Adults - First Steps for Teachers
https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/html/mcshane/
PDF: incs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/applyingresearch.pdf
Building Literacy with Adult Emergent Readers, a video for instructors, is here: www.
Language Experience Approach
www.multilingualminnesota.org/teach_lowlit_adult_esl_pages/learner_generated_texts.php
Teaching Resources
ESL Literacy Readers from Bow Valley (aligned with the ESL Literacy CLBs) :: globalaccess.bowvalleycollege.ca/esl-literacy-readers
WestCoast Reader :: thewestcoastreader.com
Best of the Reader :: bestofthereader.ca (something has happened to this site but it may be temporary)
The link to these PDFs are still working
- Canada :: bestofthereader.ca/Ebooks/Canada_print.pdf
- People and Jobs :: bestofthereader.ca/Ebooks/Jobs-print.pdf
And here is a resource for using the readers ::
Using an e-book compilation of Westcoast Reader stories to teach strategic reading (PDF)
Hands On! A Collection of ESL Literacy Activities from Nova Scotia :: www.en.copian.ca/library/learning/handson/handson.pdf
A resource manual for ESL and literacy instructors working with low-literate learners :: www.languagepeelhalton.ca/LINC-Teaching-Resources/teaching_resources_listings.html
The BBC has excellent online resources here www.bbc.co.uk/
The Collaborations Series and Stories to Tell Our Children by Gail Weinstein-Shr et al that we looked at in the workshop were published by Heinle and are available at Amazon.
For those looking for pictures to help create reading material, The Noun Project, thenounproject.com,
collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable symbols that
form the world's visual language, so we may share them in a fun and
meaningful way.
Assessment
Canada Language Benchmarks ESL Literacy resources are here.
ESL Literacy PBLA resources at Tutela: tutela.ca/Collection?itemId=25519
Here is video explanation of the CLBs for ESL Literacy from the ESL Literacy Network at Bow Valley: http://youtu.be/X01IjmN9VM4
Alternative Formative Assessment Activities to Check for Understanding (Reading Comprehension :: www.edutopia.org/blog/dipsticks-to-check-for-understanding-todd-finley
The reviews below were taken from here: mlots.org/Other_video.html
Assessing Knowledge of ESL Literacy
The Reading Demonstration was designed by Literacywork International as an assessment for low-level ESL learners. It uses real-life materials and texts. Students are asked to indicate what items they recognize and how much they can read. Materials include fast food items, utility bills, grocery flyers, along with connected texts such as short personal narratives and newspapers. Learners are asked to read aloud a passage written in their native language as well. This is a quick way for the teacher to get a good sense of the underlying fluency and decoding skills the learner possesses.
It has three sections:
1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQHrCxNg6A
2.www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3r2kHwqXFA&NR=1
3.www.youtube.com/watch?v=csEHEb_oV2Y&feature=related
Reading Demonstration
www.literacywork.com/readingdemonstration
In this reading demonstration, Literacywork International’s Heide Spruck Wrigley invites Bessima, an elderly refugee from Bosnia, to show her what she can do in English (recognize popular labels, identify a product on a flyer, interpret a utility bill and read a simple story in Bosnian and another in English). At the end of the video, Heide interprets Bessima’s skills and comments on her strengths and challenges with literacy.
Older stuff
The classic - A Handbook for ESL Literacy by Jill Bell and Barbara Burnaby - is sometimes available at Amazon and other online bookstores.
Some of what is found in Jill's book can be found here: www.cal.org/caelanetwork/resources/limitedliteracy.html (Remember that the Pre-literate category does not really exist.)
You can also find Bell's Teaching Multilevel Classes in ESL on Amazon.
Another classic - Bringing Literacy to Life has articles about theory and practice. You can download it here: http://www.greedymouse.ca/PDF/BrngnLtcytoLife.pdf This resource has articles about theory and practice.
Information about the Learners Lives as Curriculum approach is here: sites.google.com/site/
PS: Gail Weinstein died a few years ago and her site is a bit out of date.
Creating Authentic Materials: www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/jacobson.pdf
Two good articles:
What Works for Adult ESL Students :: www.literacywork.com/Literacywork.com/Resources_files/What%20Works%20in%20Adult%20ESL%20Literacy.pdf
Less Teaching and More Learning(Project-based Learning) :: http://www.ncsall.net/index.php@id=385.html
