[NIFL-ESL:7293] curriculum material for low level readers

From: Antje Meissner (antjemeissner@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Feb 21 2002 - 15:44:04 EST


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Hello listserv,

I have a question for the reading experts among you.

I work for a literacy organization and we have a
couple of hispanic students who will be tutored in a
one-to-one setting. Their goals are to improve their
English reading and writing skills. They read English
in a low elementary school level, they have a very
hard time to write, and their longterm goals are
obtaining a GED or passing the citizenship exam. Most
of them only went to school for a couple of years in
their home country, so their reading levels in spanish
are probably not very high either. Their spoken
English is on a much higher level but they still need
a lot of help with vocabulary and grammar. Listening
Comprehension is no problem.  

I have found a lot of literacy skill books for native
speakers who read at this level, but none for
non-native speakers that pay more attention to
vocabulary and grammar and still reflect their high
speaking skills and the one-on-one setting. Our
students read well enough that they don't need the
very basic phonics help.  Any suggestions?

Thank you so much, any ideas and comments are
appreciated.


Antje Meissner

Project Coordinator
Literacy Volunteers of Leon County
200 West Park Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32301






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