ESOL TEACHER
TRAINING
Creating A
Successful Learning Environment
FADE IN:
FULL SCREEN GRAPHIC:
“Diversity
permeates the ESOL classroom in every aspect of
the
ESOL environment.”
ESOL
Curriculum Resource Book
TX to PETER BALESCH ON CAMERA
PETER
As soon as I came here I tried to find job. Engineer for
electronics. But with my language was poor and broken.
Compared to broken key. Broken language. Not open any
doors that you want.
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VOICEOVER NARRATOR
Connections. Communication. Competencies. Confidence. Those are the primary concepts behind good ESOL instruction. This video focuses on those concepts and shows us how we as supervisors and ESL instructors can put these concepts into practice:
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VOICEOVER NARRATOR
We’ll learn how other ESL teachers create a positive classroom environment in which all students can learn and all students can succeed. Integrate listening and speaking skills into classroom activities. Teach students at different levels of knowledge and ability. Teach job related skills needed for the workplace. And
instill in students the confidence to communicate effectively
and to function successfully in an English speaking culture.
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Successful Learning Environment
MUSIC ENDS as WE TX to LJUBICA HROMIS on SCREEN.
HROMIS
You become friends with all your ESL teachers.
They are like your family. You don’t have anybody and they
are ready to help, explain your way of life here. They teach
you really everything you have to know.
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CONNECTIONS -- Getting to Know Our Students
TX to DIANE COHN on CAMERA.
COHN (VO)
7365518 WE’RE A CONNECTION. AND IT’S SO
IMPORTANT--EVEN IF YOU HAVE ONE ESL STUDENT--
THAT YOU ARE THE CONNECTION TO THE REAL
WORLD. TO MAKE IT A PLEASANT PLACE, A GOOD
PLACE.
TX to MARY JANE DUKES on CAMERA.
DUKES
2301603 WE ASK THEM TO LET US KNOW WHAT
THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE YEAR. A
SOME OF THEM ARE WANTING TO HELP THEIR
CHILDREN IN SCHOOL. SOME WANT THEIR CITIZENSHIP. SO THEY LET US KNOW WHAT THEY
WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AND THEN WE WORK TOWARDS TRYING TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.
TX to SHANNA SUTTON on CAMERA.
SUTTON
16580206 I HAVE A GREAT GROUP. ARE ALL FRIENDS.
AND HAVE FRIENDS AMONGST THEMSELVES. THEY
ENJOY LEARNING ENGLISH. BUT ALSO THE
FRIENDSHIPS. AND THEY ENJOY MTG PEOPLE FR
AROUND THE WORLD. JUST AS I AM WITH THIS JOB. I
ENJOY HAVING…HEARING ABOUT THE REST OF THE
WORLD. MTG PEOPLE FR AROUND THE WORLD.
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DUKES
2233322 AT THE BEGINNING WE INTRODUCE
OURSELVES TO EACH OTHER. AND THEY ALL
REALIZE THAT THEY’RE HERE TO LEARN ENGLISH.
SO THAT EQUALIZES THEM SOMEWHAT. I TRY TO
MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE, FEEL SUCCESS
RIGHT FR BEGINNING. SO START OUT W/ SIMPLE, HI,
HOW ARE YOU? MY NAME IS…I AM FROM. WE
PRACTICE THAT CONVERSATION BECOZ THAT’S WHAT
THEY’RE GOING TO SAY TO PRACTICALLY EVERYBODY. AND I THINK OF THE QUESTIONS THEY ARE FREQUENTLY ASKED: WHERE ARE YOU FROM? WHAT DO YOU DO? AND I HELP THEM LEARN TO ANSWER BASIC QUESTIONS LIKE THAT. HELP THEM SAY THEIR PHONE NUMBER, CAREFULLY AND ACCURATELY. AND THEY SEEM TO APPRECIATE SOME OF THIS BASIC SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO GET BY IN THE BEGINNING.
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COHN
17354527 I HAVE A NIGHT CLASS ALSO. AND A STUDENT STOOD UP, SHE’S A NANNY HERE, AND SHE SAYS MY BIRTHDAY’S NEXT WEEK AND I HAVE NO FRIENDS HERE, SO WOULD YOU COME TO MY HOUSE FOR A BDAY PARTY. SO, LAST NIGHT WE ALL WENT TO HER HOME AND HAD A PARTY. AND LAST NIGHT WAS CALLED AN ANGEL. COZ STUDENTS THINK I WALK ON WATER COZ HELP ABOVE AND BEYOND. SO THE FEEDBACK IS PRETTY AWESOME.
MUSIC IN as TX to FULL SCREEN GRAPHIC: CONNECTIONS
“Good ESOL teachers must reach
across cultures and connect with the individual ESOL students and be sensitive
to their lives.”
ESOL Curriculum
Resource Book
MUSIC OUT as WE TX to GWANG H. SON ON SCREEN
SON
Very hard for me. Thought, what am I doing here?
In this class? But I think after about one year, things
get better. But it took many years to be comfortable
with English.
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COHN
17312310 I THINK WHEN SOMEONE MEETS AN
INTRNTL STUDENT WHO DOESN’T SPEAK THE LANG
WELL, THEIR PERCEPTION IS THEY’RE IGNORANT. AND
OR STUPID. A MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS EDUCATED
IN THEIR OWN COUTNRY, HIGHLY INTELLIGENT.
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COHN (VO)
THE ISSUE IS LANGUAGE. AND SO THE EMPHASIS
THAT A GED TEACHER NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT AND
IT’S A LITTLE SHIFT IS MORE ON LANGUAGE AND
COMPREHENSION AND WHAT DOES THIS WORD MEAN
IN THIS SITUATION, AND WHAT DO IT MEAN IN THIS
SITUATION. PRONUNCIATION. LIVE AND LIVE. ALL
KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
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COHN
17515516 DEFINITELY YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW
ANOTHER LANGUAGE. AND THAT’S ANOTHER
IMPORTANT POINT FOR SUPERS AND TEACHERS. OUR
BASIC CRITERIA IS TO SPEAK ENGLISH SO THAT THEY
LISTEN IN ENGLISH AND UNDERSTAND IN ENGLISH. IF
YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE TRANSLATING, THEY’RE
NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO THE ENGLISH. THEY’RE
GOING TO WAIT FOR THE TRANSLATION. AND THEY’LL
NEVER LEARN ANYTHING. YOU MUST DO ENGLISH,
ENGLISH, ENGLISH. AND IF IT’S COOPERATIVE
ACTIVITIES AND THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER IN
THEIR OWN LANGUAGE TO DO SOME SUPPLEMENTAL
FOLLOWUP, THAT’S OK. BUT THE TEACHER NEEDS
TO SPEAK IN GOOD ENGLISH.
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COMMUNICATION – Integrating Speaking and Listening Skills Into
Classroom Activities
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DUKES (VO)
2310908 I THINK EVERY TIME I PLAN AN ACTIVITY,
I TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN
AND SO EACH ACTIVITY WOULD HAVE SOME OF THAT
BUILT INTO IT.
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DUKES
ONE ACTIVITY THIS MORNING, WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT FAMILY MEMBERS. WE HAD STUDIED THE
VOCAB OF GRANDMOTHER, GRANDFATHER, SISTER IN
LAW….SO I HAD CARDS, AND I GAVE ONE TABLE THE
NAME OF THE FAMILY, THE OTHER TABLE HAD THE
DEFINITION OF THAT PERSON. THEY HAD TO FIND
THE PERSON WHO EITHER HAD THEIR WORD OR
DEFINITION. // SO THEY WERE READING, SPEAKING,
LISTENING, INTERACTING W/ONE ANOTHER AND
FIGURING THINGS OUT TOGETHER. THAT KINDOF
ACTIVITY IS ALWAYS I THINK SUCCESSFUL.
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COHN
17 331501 I WORK WITH ADVANCED ESL. AND
NUMBER ONE REQUEST EVERY YR IS GRAMMAR,
GRAMMAR, GRAMMAR. // UNDERLYING ISSUE IS
CONVERSATION. I WANT TO SPEAK GRAMMATICALLY
CORRECT. I DON’T’ WANT PEOPLE TO THINK I’M
IGNORANT BECOZ DON’T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE
VERY WELL. THAT’S MORE OF WHAT THEY’RE
SAYING BUT UNSAID.
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COHN
LOVE TO WORK ON PRONUNCIATION. AND I HAVE
ONE BOOK THAT WORKS ON SOUNDS. AND IT’S AN
ELEMENTARY BOOK BUT APPROPRIATE FOR ADULTS.
YOU THINK, ADVANCED? THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO
SPEAK IT, RIGHT? NO NO NO. READ IT. AND MAYBE
THEY CAN WRITE IT. SPEAK IT IS LAST SKILL THAT
THEY LEARN. SO ALWAYS DO PRONUNCIATION
EXERCISE.
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COHN
17410123 I SAY WOULD TEACH THE GROUP
CONVERSATION, SOME PRACTICAL CONVERSATION
ON THE STREET, IN THE SCHOOLS, AT THE DOCTORS, IN
AN EMERGENCY. THAT EVERYONE NEEDS, NO MATTER
HOW MUCH YOU CAN READ OR WRITE. BUT THEN
DIVIDE INTO GROUPS, MAYBE A LISTENING ACTIVITY.
IF DON’T HAVE VOLUNTEER, MAYBE A TAPE RECORDER
SO THERE’S SOME
OR WORKING W/PRONUNCIATION.
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DUKES (VO)
AT THE BEGINNINGO F THE SCHOOL YEAR,
ASKED MY STUDENTS TO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF
THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABSENT. SO WE PRACTICED
LEAVING THAT MESSAGE ON MY TELEPHONE. AND
THEY ALL HAD A CHANCE TO DO IT. WE CAME UP A
SCRIPT OURSELVES. WROTE IT ON BOARD AND WERE
ABLE TO REFER TO IT IF THEY NEEDED IT. SOME OF
THEM FOLLOWED IT TO A T. OTHERS IMPROVISED.
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DUKES
2372502 THE FIRST THING IS DO NOT ASSUME
THEY UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY SMILE AND SHAKE
THEIR HEADS. COZ THEY DON’T ALWAYS
UNDERSTAND. THEY WANT TO PLEASE YOU. I THINK I
WAS
THAT OUT. OH MY GOODNESS THEY DON’T
UNDERSTAND SOME REALLY BASIC THINGS. //
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DUKES (2)
2422004 SO MANY OF THE BOOKS TELL THEM TO
CIRCLE, TO UNDERLINE, TO FILL IN THE BLANKS.
YOU CANNOT ASSUME THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE THEM AGAIN COMFORTABLE
WITH DOING WHAT YOU’RE ASKING THEM TO DO.
2372502 //SO I’M ALWAYS ASKING FOR FEEDBACK. WRITTEN OR SPOKEN FEEDBACK SO I GET A CLEAR
IDEA THAT THEY UNDERSTAND.
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COHN
17474615 OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT THING IS
VOCAB. YOU CAN SAY A WORD ONCE. AND THE AVG
AMERICAN SUTDENT HAS TO HAVE REPETITION
TWELVE TIMES. ESL STUDENTS HAS TO BE A LOT
MORE. SO SAY IT MANY DIFF TIMES, IN MANY DIFF
CONTEXTS. THE ISSUE LANGUAGE, VOCAB, AND
LEARNING THE WORDS AND HOW TO USE THEM
WHETHER I’M SPEAKING OR WRITING OR READING.
IT’S A BIG MUST FOR SUPERVISORS AND TEACHERS.
CUT to FRANKLIN CLASSROOM FOOTAGE
COHN (VO)
I THINK GED TEACHERS NEED TO REALIZE THAT WE
ARE THEIR CONNECTION TO THE OUTSIDE WORL.D WE
ARE SAFE. AND YOU WANT TO ASK ME A BAD WORD,
IT’S OK. AND SO TEACHERS HAVE TO BE SAFE AND
MAKE THEIR STUDENTS COMFORTABLE. COZ IT’S THE
LANGUAGE.
MUSIC IN as we TX to FULL SCREEN GRAPHIC: COMMUNICATION
“Good
ESOL teachers perceive English as a “skill” that
students must
have to function in our society.”
ESOL
Curriculum Resource Book
TX to GABRIELLE MAIER-UFFRECHT on CAMERA.
GABRIELLE 1220308 The first difficulty for me was to be a
human being in the United States and to be human being
in the United States must have driver’s license. And uh
I was so afraid, English so small.// And I have another
enemy and it is a computer. And uh he doesn’t like me.
But I have to sit in front of screen, and he asks me and I
have to decide what answer could be correct. I do not
understand any questions. But I did it.
TX to FULL SCREEN GRAPHIC:
GRAPHIC: COMPETENCIES –
Teaching
Culture and Customs
DUKES
2250019 THEY ARE CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW TO
GET BY IN THIS CULTURE. SIMPLE THIUNGS LIKE
GOING TO GROCERY STORE. WHERE TO SHOP. HOW
TO GET THERE. IF THEY ASK DIRECTIONS, HOW TO
UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTIONS. // THEY NEED TO
KNOW THE RESOURCES TO HELP THEM LEARN
ENGLISH. NEWSPAPERS. MAGAZINES. THE FREE
LIBRARY SERVICES.
TX to COHN on CAMERA.
COHN
17482524 WE DO EMERGENCIES. SCHOOL VOCAB.
DOCTOR, MEDICAL, DRIVE LICENSES. DEPENPDING ON
NEED OF STUDENTS. COZ REALLY FLEXIBLE. IN ADULT
ED, IF STUDENT HAS A NEED WE’RE GOING TO MEET
THAT NEED AND FORGET THE PLAN.
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DUKES
2263500 WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN MID YEAR, YOU
START THEM WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE IS. AND YOU
ARE CONSTANTLY REVIEWING EVERYTHING YOU
COVERED. SO EVEN THO THEY’RE COMING IN
W/SLIGHT DISADVANTAGE BECOZ YOU’VE ALREADY
COVERED SOME MATERIALS, YOU’RE ALWAYS
REVIEWING AND THEY HAVE THAT CHANCE TO
REVIEW. AND THE STUDENTS HELP EACH OTHER.
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DUKES (VO)
AND EVEN THO THEY’RE FR EVERY KIND OF BG
IMAGINABLE, DIFF EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, DIFF SOCIAL
LEVELS, ECONOMIC LEVELS, IN HERE, THEY’RE ALL
TRYING TO LEARN ENGLISH AND THEY’RE TRYING TO
HELP EACH OTHER OUT.
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COHN
17415804 //IN THE WORKPLACE IT MIGHT BE TO
LEARN THE LANGUAGE OF THAT WORKPLACE.
AND WE’VE HAD SOME AT LIKE CRACKER BARREL
AND FACTORIES. AND UNFORTUNATELY THE PEOPLE
IN WORKPLACE SIX WEEKS, EIGHT WEEKS, YOU GOT
SOME GOODBYES, THEY CAN FUNCTION.
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COHN (VO)
OUR GOAL IS MUCH MORE BROAD. TO MAKE PEOPLE
COMFORTABLE LIVING IN THIS CULTURE. TO MAKE
PEOPLE HAPPY. TO SAY, THIS IS A WONDERFUL
COUNTRY. WE LOVE IT HERE. // OUR GOAL IS OF THE
LANGUAGE BUT ALSO THE CULTURE.
TX to FULL SCREEN GRAPHIC:
COMPETENCIES
Teaching Workplace Competencies
TX to COOKEVILLE FOOTAGE
SUTTON
17061400
SEVERAL OF THE EMPLOYEES HERE CAME
TO MY CLASS LAST YEAR.
BUT BECOZ OF WORK
REASONS THEY COULD NOT ATTEND THE 8 TO 10
OCLOCK CLASS.
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SUTTON
AND // OWNER’S SISTER ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN TEACHING ENGLISH. AND SHE IS THE
ONE WHO TRIED TO TEACH THEM ENGLISH. BUT BECOZ
SHE IS BILINGUAL, ALL SHE DID WAS TRANSLATE FOR
THEM. SHE SAID,
I NEED SOMEONE IN HERE WHO THEY
CAN JUST HEAR THE ENGLISH. SO THAT’S HOW IT
STARTED.
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SUTTON
(VO)
AND I TOLD HER THE GUIDELINES. HAVE TO
HAVE SO MANY STUDENTS AT THE BEGINNING LEVEL
TO MAKE IT A CLASS.
AND UH THEN WE SET UP A TIME
THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THEM. AND SHE HAS
GIVEN ME FREE REIGN AS TO WHAT I WANT TO TEACH.
HAS NOT LIMITED IT TO WORKPLACE VOCAB.
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SUTTON
16505121 WE TESTED THEM. WE HAVE THE BEST TEST.
THERE’S AN ORAL AND A WRITTEN. WHEN I DID THE
ORAL, I GOT TO WHAT’S YOUR NAME AND THAT’S IT.
OKAY? SO, I THOUGHT, OKAY, WE START FR THE
BEGINNING, IT’S A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER.
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SUTTON
(VO)
16493108 THEY HAVE MAYBE FIFTH GRADE EDUCATION
MAX. I HAVE ONE STUDENT WHO FINISHED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN MEXICO. BUT MOST OF THEM
GRADE SCHOOL. LOW EDUCATION IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
CONTINUE FOOTAGE – ANGLE on BINGO GAME
SUTTON (VO)
16505121 // I THOUGHT THE ALPHABET, THE DAYS OF
THE WEEK, MONTHS OF THE YEAR. NEXT WEEK WE’LL
START ON NUMBERS. AND THEN BODY PARTS. THE
VERY BASICS. AND GO UP FROM THAT.
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SUTTON
16494927 IF THEY ARE ILLITERATE IN THEIR OWN
COUNTRY VERY DIFFICULT, VERY CHALLENGING TO
TEACH THEM ABOUT THE ALPHABET AND THINGS.
AND IF THEY DO NOT WRITE, THEN….IF THEY HAVE
THE FOUNDATION IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE THEN
THEY ARE MORE APT TO PICK UP THE SECOND
LANGUAGE MORE QUICKLY.
CUT to COOKEVILLE FOOTAGE.
SUTTON (VO)
THE ONE WHO HAS THE SECONDARY DIPLOMA IN
MEXICO, HE’S PICKING UP ENGLISH (SHE SNAPS HER
FINGERS) VERY FAST.
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SUTTON
17165424 THERE IS ANOTHER TEACHER, TEACHING AT
RUSSELL STOVER, IT IS BASICALLY FACTORY
LANGUAGE. ADDRESSING THE HAZARD ISSUES, THE
BREAK ISSUES, TIME CARDS. THE WORKPLACE
VOCABULARY.
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SUTTON (VO)
// 17172010 AND I THINK WHOEVER HAS AKSED YOU
TO COME INTO THEIR WORK PLACE, YOU AKS THEM
WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND YOU…TO THE BEST OF
YOUR ABILITY, FULFILL THEIR NEEDS.
TX to SON on CAMERA.
SON
1065011 Very hard for me. Thought, what am I doing here?
In this class? But I think after about one year, things get better.
But it took many years to be comfortable with English.
TX to FULL SCREEN GRAPHIC:
COMPETENCIES – Teaching Beginning, Intermediate and Multilevel
Classes
COHN
17453223 THIS MORNING LUIS SAID, TEACHER,
ANYTHING YOU TEACH US, WE WANT. WE WANT IT
ALL. SO, JUST WHATEVER I CAN DO TO MAKE
THEM HAPPIER HERE. MORE FUNCTIONING RESIDENTS.
CUT to SUTTON on CAMERA.
SUTTON
17135120 MOST OF THEM WE DO FILL OUT AN INTAKE
SHEET. AND MOST OF THEM YOU KNOW JUST THE
EDUCATIONAL GAINS….IMPROVE ENGLISH.
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SUTTON
BUT FOR THIS GROUP, IT WOULD JUST BE THE BASIC
ENGLISH SURVIVAL SKILLS. UH THEN OTHERS, LIKE
MY INTERMEDIATE GROUP, A LOT OF THE WOMEN,
THEIR GOAL IS TO LEARN BECOZ OF THEIR CHILDREN.
THEIR CHILDREN ARE IN OUR PUB SCHOOLS, HAVE
HOMEWORK, MOM NOR DAD UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE
HOMEWORK IS. SO THAT’S A BIG THING FOR THE
WOMEN. UH THEIR CHILDREN. THEY WANT OT HAVE
THE LANGUAGE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. I DON’T THINK
THEY LIKE GOING TO SCHOOL AND HAVING THEIR
CHILD TRANSLATE FOR THEM.
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DUKES (VO)
2204013 EVEN THO IT’S CONSIDERED LEVEL TWO,
WHICH IS THE UPPER BEGINNER LEVEL, I HAVE WIDE
RANGE WITHIN THAT LEVEL. HAVE SOME THAT
CATCH ON QUICKLY AND SOME IT TAKES A LITTLE
BIT LONGER. HAVE SOME THAT READ ENGLISH BETTER
THAN OTHERS. SOME THAT WRITE IT BETTER. SOME
THAT WRITE AND READ VERY LITTLE ENGLISH. //SO IT
IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY’RE CAPABLE OF
DOING. BUT IT DOESN’T HINDER WHAT I’M ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH W/THEM.
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DUKES
2372502 // FOR INSTANCE, THIS WEEK WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT FAMILY MEMBERS. ARE YOU A
GRANDMOTHER? DO YOU HAVE A GRANDMOTHER?
THOSE ARE TWO DISTINCT QUESTIONS. AND I
REALIZED THAT THEY WERE UNDERSTANDING ONE
AND NOT THE OTHER. SO, WHEN I ASK A 22 YEAR OLD
IS SHE A GRANDMOTHER AND SHE WOULD SAY YES.
WELL, SHE COULDN’T BE. (laughing) SO I’M ALWAYS
MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS I’M
TRYING TO GET ACROSS TO THEM. ALWAYS
APPROACHING IT IN A DIFF WAY TO BE SURE THAT
THEY DO UNDERSTAND.
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COHN
17291810 WHAT I HAVE IS AN INTERNTL GED CLASS. //
BUT ALSO TRANSITIONAL CLASS COZ EVERYONE
LOOKS FOR SOMETHING MORE IN THEIR LIFE. AND
THIS IS A STEP. ONE HALF, GETTING THEIR GEDS.
DIDN’T HAVE A LOT OF EDUCATION IN THEIR OWN
COUNTRY. THE OTHER HALF ARE MORE INTERESTED
IN TOFEL. WANTS TO GO TO THE UNIV. OR JUST
LEARNING OUR CULTURE AND LITERATURE AND
THAT KIND OF THING.
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COHN
//174600514 // A LOT OF ESL STUDENTS DON’T NEED
MATH. WHERE THEY DO NEED MATH IS IN STORY
PROBLEMS. IF THEY’RE INTERESTED IN TAKING GED
IS TO WORK W/LANGUAGE AND STORY PROBLEMS.
CUT to CLASSROOM FOOTAGE, featuring VOLUNTEER.
COHN
I USE VOLUNTEERS IN ALL OF MY CLASSES.
SOME OF THEM ARE RETIRED TEACHERS. HAVE
ONE WHO IS RETIRED WEST POINT PERSON. AND
THAT WAY CAN INDIVIDUALIZE. DO WORK AS A
WHOLE, COZ THAT IS ONE OF THE STRATEGIES. TO
BE CONNECTED AS A GROUP. THEN YOU DIVIDE
AND TRY TO INDIVIDUALIZE AND MEET THE NEEDS.
VOLUNTEERS ARE THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO THAT.
MUSIC IN as we TX to FULL
SCREEN GRAPHIC: CONFIDENCE
“ESOL classes should be adapted to the students’ needs
and
curriculum should be used as a resource for the ESOL
teacher
and not rigidly followed.”
ESOL
Curriculum Resource Book
TX to LJUBICA HROMIS on SCREEN.
HROMIS
2111924 For our children, there was no life. No future
because of broken economy and problems we saw was
coming. So we decided to give them better future. //
2125922 We couldn’t get any professional job here.
He was physician and I was chemical engineer. And I am
asking to little job in labor, at least to wash dishes. There
was nobody to help us. People try but somehow it didn’t
work.
MUSIC IN as we TX to FULL SCREEN GRAPHIC: CONFIDENCE – Building Confidence In Our
Students
COHN
17460O514 NUMBER ONE IS RESPECT YOUR STUDENTS.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH OR LITTLE ENGLISH THEY
HAVE. NO MATTER HOW CLEARLY THEY ENUNCIATE,
TO SHOW RESPECT. GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE. TAKES A
LOT OF COURAGE TO COME TO THIS CLASS AND SAY I
NEED SOME HELP. SO NUMBER ONE RESPECT. NUMBER
TWO THAT MANY OF THEM ARE EDUCATED. AND EVEN
IF THEY ARE NOT, WANT HELP FR US TO BECOME
EDUCATED.
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DUKES
2282916 IT’S SO IMPORTANT THAT THEY FEEL SUCCESS.
ONE OF THEM MIGHT BE ABLE TO READ A SENTENCE
W/VERY LITTLE PROMPTING. ANOTHER ONE I CAN
ANTICIPATE THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM
BEFORE I HAVE THEM READ A PASSAGE I MIGHT
REVIEW SOME OF THE WORDS I THINK WILL GIVE THEM
THAT PERSON A PROBLEM. SO I TRY TO BUILD SUCCES
IN EVERYTHING I ASK THEM TO DO.
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COHN
17444719 WHAT DO YOU DO W/HIGH FUNCTIONING
PEOPLE? ONE OF MY IMPORTANT THINGS IS I WANT TO
KNOW THEIR GOALS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? YOU SPEAK PRETTY
WELL. YOU CAN READ, WRITE. SO WHAT ARE YOU
DOING? LAST YR HAD A WOMAN FR JAPAN, WHO GOT
HER GED. WAS COLLEGE EDUCATED. UNIVERSITY
EDUCATED IN JAPAN. AND I SAID WHY DID YOU DO
THIS? AND SHE SAID, BECOZ IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD.
I KNOW THAT I PASSED THAT TEST AND I CAN
FUNCTION IN THIS SOCIETY AND I FEEL GOOD. SO I
THINK PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR CONFIDENCE AS MUCH
AS ANYTHING.
GRAPHIC: CONFIDENCE
-- Building Confidence In Ourselves
TX to ESL CLASSROOM FOOTAGE
COHN (VO)
17382906 I THINK IN ADULT ED AS WHOLE IN THIS
STATE, YOU HIRE SOMEONE WHO’S ENTHUSIASTIC
AND WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE’S
LIFE. AND THEN YOU SAY, SINK OR SWIM, HONEY.
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COHN
DON’T KNOW WHAT THE TURNOVER IS IN ADULT ED,
COZ I THINK IT MIGHT BE HIGH, COZ YOU’RE SO
OVERWHELMED // WAS FIRST ONE HERE TO START ESL,
SO NO ONE HERE TO ASK. SO KIND OF SANK FOR A
WHILE. SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A MENTOR, TO HAVE
A SUPERVISOR WHO’S VERY VERY SUPPORTIVE IN
ISSUES OF HAVING MULTI LEVEL CLASS, MULTI LEVEL
NEEDS /MATERIALS.
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SUTTON
17025724 ONE THING IS WE DO HAVE A WONDERFUL
PEER TRAINER NETWORK. THERE ARE 8 OF US IN THE
STATE AND I AM FORTUNATE TO BE THE PEER
TRAINER FOR DISTRICT 3. LAST YEAR RECEIVED A
CIVICS GRANT AND WE UH WROTE A RESOURCE
CURRICULUM BOOK, WHICH IS VERY GOOD. I WISH I
WOULD’VE HAD THAT TWO YRS AGO WHEN I STARTED.
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SUTTON
// WE’RE TRYING TO GET ESOL HELP FOR THE NEW
TEACHERS. AND RIGHT NOW I USE ESL LITERACY.
PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN. VERY SIMPLE, YOUR BASIC
SKILLS. THERE’S A LOT OF GOOD MATERIAL OUT
THERE. YOU TAKE A LITTLE BIT FR HERE, LITTLE BIT
FR THERE.
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SUTTON
17035424 // ALSO REFER TO RESOURCE CURRICULUM
BOOK FREQUENTLY FOR AN IDEA. AND I MIGHT NOT
NECESSARILY USE THAT EXACT LESSON THAT
SOMEONE HAS WRITTEN, I MIGHT TAKE IDEAS FR
THAT… BUT IT’S THERE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF
WHAT YOU CAN DO.
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COHN
17511900 THAT’S THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. YOU
DON’T HAVE THE SAME 20 KIDS EVERYDAY. BUT THAT’S WHAT’S ENJOYABLE. THE FLEXIBILITY. THE CHALLENGE. AND YOU’RE NEVER BORED IN THIS JOB. NEVER.
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COHN
17514316 ESL TEACHERS ARE SPECIAL. IT TAKES A
SPECIAL PERSON TO DO THIS. NOT EVERYBODY CAN
DO IT.
CUT to NASHVILLE CLASSROOM FOOTAGE, then to DUKES on CAMERA.
DUKES
2351005 OH, IT’S THE BEST THING I’VE EVER DONE.
IT’S THE MOST REWARDING. THEY PAY US. BUT I
WOULD PROBABLY DO IT W/OUT PAY. MAYBE NOT
TELL THEM THAT, BUT… (LAUGHS) IT’S JUST…WHILE
I’M HERE I’M TOTALLY ABSORBED. THIS IS
COMPLETELY REWARDING TO ME. AND THE
FRIENDSHIPS I’VE MADE WITH STUDENTS, AND THE
RELATIONSHIPS I HAVE, ARE JUST WONDERFUL. I FEEL
LIKE I’M DOING SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE ELSE ALL
THE TIME. THEY ARE SO EAGER TO LEARN. AND THEY
APPRECIATE YOU. WHO WOULDN’T LIKE THAT?
MUSIC IN as we TX to FULL SCREEN GRAPHIC: CONFIDENCE
“The
best ESOL classroom includes respect, laughter, warmth, is
a safe haven for our ESOL
students and, above all, gives them hope.”
ESOL
Curriculum Resource Book
MUSIC CONTINUES, as we DIP to BLACK and UP on
FULL SCREEN GRAPHIC: FOR
MORE INFORMATION, SEE
(CLS
website address)
VOICEOVER
NARRATOR
For more information, consult the ESOL Curriculum Resource
Book and the University of Tennessee Center for Literacy Studies
website.