[etni] Fw: re: Teaching English to adults

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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:58:06 +0300
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From: "Marlene" <marlenegay@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Teaching English to adults


I liked Going Places (an old book) for the level above Chance, but I'm not
sure it's available-new in the stores. Its units are different places in
Israel, including short history texts. There's a new book (I think it's
called:) Moving On - Eric Cohen for b-stream/8th grade - with very nice
speaking/writing tasks... For beginners,there's a misrad avodah book by Rita
Dick "Ready to Read" which gives phonic and spelling rules + short
dialogues/texts.
Marlene

Jennifer wrote:
> I am sending this to the list as the information might be useful to
> others.
> I am using Chance at the moment to teach adults in jail.  It works quite
> well. Don't let the word 'jail' give you the idea that these are dumb,
> uneducated men; they just haven't learned English and need to take the
> reading slowly.
> By the way, interestingly enough, beginning readers don't feel insulted by
> things which seem childish.  Some of the First Unseens work well too, as
> well as Grammar for Starters or the UPP one whose name I can't remember,
> but  which is better.

 Hadas wrote:
> I have been requested to teach a learning disabled, 30-year-old learning
> disabled adult. She has little knowledge of reading and wants to expand
> her reading knowledge and to increase her vocabulary.
> I have looked at books that I have intended for remedial teaching - Goals
> 1 and Goals 2, the Entry Point series - but have found them to be too
> childish
> for an adult. I have not found a good subsitute on the ECB website. On
> the
> UPP website I found the book "Chance" by Susie Russak, however, I know it
> is a rather old book.
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a good textbook for this purpose
> that would not be too childish or insulting for a 30-year-old? Would it
> be better to look for a book published in Israel or to look for books
> published abroad?


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