"English For All"

Support materials:

"English For All" support materials are designed to go in conjunction with the video series.  Included with the support materials are a teacher's guide, a set of video transcripts, exercises and Web-based CD-ROMs.

"The ESL Starter Kit"

Virginia Adult Education & Literacy Centers, July 1998

"The ESL Starter Kit" is a collection of information and resources developed by the Virginia Adult Education and Literacy Centers dealing specifically with the challenges that may come to beginning ESL programs and teachers.  Sections included are:

• A)  "Getting Started:  Where Do I Begin?"
• B)  "Accessing Resources:  Where Do I Find It?"
• C)  "Teaching Adults:  What Do I Need to Know"
• D)  "Planning Lessons: How Do I Integrate Learning Skills?"
• E)  "Managing the Classroom:  How Do I Meet the Challenges"
• F)  "Choosing a Curriculum:  How Do I Put It All Together"

"How Can I Help My Child To Read? Tips in 13 Languages"

Ohio Department of Education

The purpose of this document is to serve as a resource to parents and other caregivers of children whose home or primary language is not English. In Ohio, 15,000 limited English proficient (LEP) students enrolled in our elementary and secondary schools. The term limited English proficient refers to those students whose native or home language is not English, and who still have difficulty understanding, speaking, reading, or writing the English they need to succeed in school.

"What Non-Readers or Beginning Readers Need to Know: Performance-Based ESL Adult Literacy."

By Shirley Brod. Spring Institute for International Studies. (1999)

From preface:

If we want our students to stay in class long enough to acquire the skills -- and the self confidence -- to become self sufficient, productive employees, family members, and participants in their communities, we need to streamline our approach to ESL literacy to enable them to learn quickly, to see frequent proof of their progress, and to have input into what is being taught.

What is the basis for such a system? This article looks at performance-based literacy instruction, a pragmatic approach to a widespread problem. In Part I, we will mention some of the factors that affect learning, and the differences between literate and non-literate learners. We will suggest some ways in which teaching reading to native speakers is, or should be, different from the process of teaching reading to native speakers is, or should be, different from the process of teaching reading to adult ESL learners. Finally, we will examine some critical factors which impact motivation and retention.

In Part II, we will look more closely at performance-based literacy instruction: the rationale and some thoughts on whole language, sight words, and phonics. We will also look at different types of literacy: document literacy, numeracy, and employment-related content for beginning readers.

"Practitioner Toolkit:Working with Adult English Language Learners"

Designed and written by The National Center for Family Literacy and The National Center for ESL Literacy at the Center for Applied Linguistics

The full version of the Practitioner Toolkit is available for download in pdf format at: http://www.cal.org/CAELA/tools/program_development/prac_toolkit.html

*If you are unable to download the Practitioner Toolkit successfully, you may request a hardcopy (limit one) from the Bodega

"Multilingual Marketing Flyers"

Northeast ABLE Resource Center

The three multilingual marketing flyers are one page each and contain translations in a combined total of 15 languages. There is also room on the flyers to input program specific information such as phone numbers, locations, days and times of classes.

The flyers are available as hard copies by request (Please limit requests to 50 copies per flyer).  Along with the flyers, we will also send a CD-rom containing the flyer image files, a blank template that can be edited in Microsoft Word, and instructions for using the template to create a program specific marketing.

Flyer A - Learn English for Free - in Lithuanian, Chinese, Albanian, Russian, Arabic and Spanish

Flyer B - Learn English - in French, Somali, Maay Maay (Somali Bantu), Portugeuse and Korean

Flyer C - Learn English - in Kurdish, Turkish, Farsi/Persian, Khmer, and Spanish

To order, simply click on the "Order Now" button, make a request (Please limit requests to 50 copies per flyer) to the Bodega, and the NEABLE Resource Center will mail the hardcopies along with a CD-R containing the flyer image files, a blank template, and instructions for printing.

For questions please contact the Northeast ABLE Resource Center at (800) 361-7076, info@neable.org or www.neable.org.

"With Liberty and Justice for All...Somalis in Ohio" CD-ROM Ohio State Bar Foundation - Fellows Class

From http://osbf.net/projects_prior.html:

"This Fellows Class project is a compact disk-based program intended to help Somali refugees learn their basic legal rights and responsibilities as Ohio residents. With content researched by Fellows Class members, the CD was produced with the help of members of the Ohio Somali community, who appear on the CD and explain the concepts in Somali. The Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services supported this project with human and financial resources, particularly in the field testing and and distribution of this tool throughout its network. The release of this project is a collaborative effort between the Foundation, the Department of Job and Family Services and the leadership in the Somali community. "With Liberty and Justice for All..." provides a template for similar CD programs in other languages to serve multiple immigrant communities in Ohio."

*Please limit requests to one copy of the CD-ROM.  One CD-ROM can be used to install the program on multiple computers (Windows only).

"Tools for ESL Lesson Planning - A book of techniques, sample lesson plans, activities and resources for teaching ESL (Second Edition)"

ESL and Citizenship Programs
Division of Adult and Career Education
Los Angeles Unified School District
2004 (revised)

*Available for download from adultinstruction.org at http://adultinstruction.org/teachers/instructional/index.htm

"Money Talks: An ESOL Toolkit for Financial Literacy"

The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center

Hard copies available by request through the Bodega

*Available for download from valrc.org at http://www.moneytalks.valrc.org/

"Building Basics: General Construction"

The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center

Hard copies available by request through the Bodega

*Available for download from valrc.org at http://www.valrc.org/publications/buildingbasics/index.html

"Building Basics: Landscaping"

The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center

Hard copies available by request through the Bodega

*Available for download from valrc.org at http://www.valrc.org/publications/buildingbasics/index.html

"Building Basics: Painting"

The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center

Hard copies available by request through the Bodega

*Available for download from valrc.org at http://www.valrc.org/publications/buildingbasics/index.html

"Building Basics: Plumbing"

The Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center

Hard copies available by request through the Bodega

*Available for download from valrc.org at http://www.valrc.org/publications/buildingbasics/index.html

"Dictionary: Kirundi - English, Eglish - Kirundi"

by Cox

Hard copies available by request through the Bodega

"Dictionary: Kinyarwanda - English, Eglish - Kinyarwanda"

by Adamson, Cox and Teusink

Hard copies available by request through the Bodega