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Hi. I am am ESL teacher who has usually worked with higher level learners. I am now going to be working with refugees to Canada, many of whom are illiterate in their native language, and with no grasp of english at all. ANy advice, book recommendations, info would be greatly appreciated. I just have...

Hi. I am an esl teacher who has previously worked with business people. I am now faced with teachign immigrants, many with no writing reading skills in thier native language, and many with no understanding of english at all. ANy advice, gudiance, book recommendations would be appreciated.