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- Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:06 pm
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Is there room for Cultural Literacy in our teaching methods?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5715
- Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:41 pm
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Is there room for Cultural Literacy in our teaching methods?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5715
No I think you understand it well. One of the issues I find with many ESL teachers is, ironically, a "they should be like us" attitude. So, in that light one would hold the L2's culture as inferior.... I can't tell you how many times I've heard "they have to ask themselves why they came here". From ...
- Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:04 pm
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Is there room for Cultural Literacy in our teaching methods?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5715
I agree, however there seems to be a on going debate related to content vs process. Also, there is this Freirean concept of cultural invasion. I think Hirsch's point is quite valid, but concepts are harder to apply in the real world. This is where teacher skill enters the picture. If teaching Englis...
- Sat Mar 17, 2012 3:23 pm
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Is there room for Cultural Literacy in our teaching methods?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5715
Is there room for Cultural Literacy in our teaching methods?
Hello all: I am currently working on my Masters in Adult Education, and my focus is Critical ESL Instruction. One of the issues we deal with in ESL is boosting up the literacy levels of our students. In my research, I came across the work of E. D. Hirsch. Hirsch's focus is on increasing the literacy...
- Sat Aug 20, 2011 2:38 pm
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Teaching to Korean Students via Net
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1882
Teaching to Korean Students via Net
Hello, I have been offered a position tutoring ESL students via the web. As a requirement for employment I have been asked to supply a copy of my degree ( logical since domestic locations ask for this ) and a copy of my passport photo. I was told that the passport photo is a requirement of the Korea...
- Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:00 pm
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: How to get Adult ESL Students to ONLY speak English.....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8922
KRizzo, I noticed that you do not indicate where you are teaching? Is this an ESL or EFL environment. I'm thinking it's an EFL. Sally's suggestion is a good one. One of the issues with ELF is that your class is the only class where the language is probably spoken, in an ESL environment you have the ...
- Mon Nov 01, 2010 5:47 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: usage of expression "one lump sum"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2582
Hello Hereinchina, I'll deal with the second question first: The phrase "one lump sum" generally in Canada is taken to mean " in one total amount, everything [ such as tax, freight, duty, those type of charges ] included in the price". "Paid in full" tends to mean fully paid, so, the sentence: " I p...
- Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:40 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: How often do you buy a (new) dictionary?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2709
- Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:15 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Anyone use the Lexical Method?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 58812
- Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:06 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Anyone use the Lexical Method?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 58812
Again, wonderful posts. I agree with notion that teacher training may be the root of the "method" mindset.... North America seems to be predisposed to the concept of "methods". Fluffy I have read Richards and Rogers on the distinguishing attributes of methods and approaches, I think LA is, now, clos...
- Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:44 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Anyone use the Lexical Method?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 58812
- Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:21 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Anyone use the Lexical Method?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 58812
Anyone use the Lexical Method?
Hello: I've been thinking about using the Lexical Method, but I can't seem to find anyone who actually uses it [ I am an ESL instructor teaching in Canada ] just wondering if anyone has or is using it? If so, any limitations, pitfalls, and how accepting are the students. From a delivery perspective,...
- Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:23 pm
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Need Blog Advice
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5233
- Thu Sep 16, 2010 1:09 pm
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Need Blog Advice
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5233
Hi Michelle, if your students are temporary, then how long is their stay here [ I'm a Canadian also ]? I am intuiting that they are here on work visas, so if that is the case maybe the best approach is to develop your blog around life skills [ such as shopping, taking the bus etc. ] and their work e...
- Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:29 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Plural vs singular?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7885