"Making it Real: Teaching Pre-literate Adult Refugee Students"
Alysan Croydon. 2005, 108 p.
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"Cultural Adjustment,
Mental Health, and ESL - The Refugee Experience, the Role of the Teacher, and
ESL Activities"
Myrna
Ann Adkins, Dina Birman and Barbara Sample - Spring Institute for International
Studies
From Preface:
"This
booklet is designed to provide a backdrop of information and ideas for ESL
practitioners related to the learners in their classroom, in whatever settings
they meet them. Students come with their
past experiences, their current challenges, and their need to quickly garner
the information and the skills to give them back control over their lives and
their futures. There is now substantial
research and experience on cultural adjustment and mental health issues which
refugees face, This publication includes enough general information on these
issues and how they might manifest themselves in the classroom, so that
teachers can do a better job of meeting needs and knowing how, when, and where
to refer people to other parts of the service provider network. ESL service providers can be a great asset,
not only for the learners, but for other providers in a holistic service
structure. This booklet also provides
sample pieces of lessons and specific strategies to help address issues related
to mental health, and to give teachers new insights to link what happens in the
classroom to their student's cultural adjustment and mental health needs."
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"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
Hardcopies are available by request (limit one)
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"CVC Picture Words Program with Teacher's Guide"
The CVC - Picture-Word Program is a compilation of organized word/pictures, beginning with the basic combination of consonants and vowels and progressing to more complex combination.
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"My Life Book"
Cultural Orientation Resource Center - Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL.org)
"A Life Book is a psychosocial support tool to help refugees say goodbye to their home and help them resettle in their new home. Life Books can help refugees:
- Reflect on the home and life that they are leaving
- Imagine the place that they are going to and prepare for it
- Re-evaluate their expectations of their new home once they are there
- Deal with living in their new home
The Life Book can explain students' migration journey and a bit about who they are. The students may want to show their Life Book to their case worker and to people they trust in their new country to help explain who they are and where they came from.
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Available online @: http://www.cal.org/co/email_discussion/attachments/2010_05_11-IOM_Nepal_LifeBook_USA.pdf
Trainers' Guide available online @: http://www.cal.org/co/email_discussion/Attachments/2010_05_11-IOM_Nepal_LifeBook_trainer_guide.pdf
Hard copies available by request (limit one)
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"The Bantu in Our
Midst: A Resource for ELT Classrooms"
Funded
by a grant to the Spring Institute for Intercultural Studies from the U.S.
Department of Health and human Services, Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement
From
Forward:
"This
publication focuses on adults who do not read or write in any language and have
not lived in a society which relies heavily on literacy, in other words, true
beginners. The first section of the publication provides some background information ... [and] the second section of this resource is a hands-on guide to practical strategies for the classroom."
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"The Somalis: Their history and culture"
Published by the Refugee Service Center, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)- 1999
From
Preface:
"This booklet is a basic introduction to the people, history, and culture of Somalia. It is designed for service providers and others assisting Somali refugees in their new communities in the United States."
Available to read online at http://www.cal.org/co/somali/index.html
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"The Somali Bantu: Their history and culture"
Published by The Cultural Orientation Resource Center at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)- 2003
From
Preface:
"This booklet is a basic introduction to the people, history, and culture of the Somali Bantu. It is designed for service providers and others assisting Somali Bantu refugees in their new communities in the United States."
Available online at http://www.cal.org/co/bantu/somali_bantu.pdf
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"My Picture Dictionary"
Published by ReadWriteThink (2006)
www.readwritethink.org
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"Resources for Serving Preliterate ESOL Students" - Compilation CD
Resources available on this CD include preliteracy lesson plans, activities, and professional literature.
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