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Berkmar Middle School
ESOL WorkshopOct, 19, 2010
12:00 and 6:00 p.m.
Presented by Melissa MartinParent Instructional Support Coordinator
Certified in ESOL, Spanish, Portuguese
English Classes
Where are there English classes for adults?• Gwinnett Tech• Churches• Schools• Language Schools• Latin American Association• Gwinnett Public Library
Groups and Organizations
• www.meetup.com (English, ESOL, ESL, Moms)• Gwinnett Public Library:
“Let’s Talk”To practice English with other adultsInformal conversationsVariety of times/dates
Internet Sites for ESOL
• http://www.teaching-esl-to-adults.com/• http://www.englishmedialab.com/
beginnervideos.html• http://www.quia.com/shared/search• http://www.linguistic-funland.com/
teslact.html• www.youtube.com (look for “ESOL” o “ESL”)
Television
• Children’s educational programs• Soap operas• News
NOTE: If your television can show closed captioning, you can read English while you watch your favorite programs.
Read in English Magazines
AdvertisementsNewspapers
BooksInformation on boxes or bottles
Yellow PagesLyrics while listening to music
**Note: Read with your children—learn with and from them.
• Set aside time in which everyone in the family speaks only in English.
• Write the names of objects on cards and place them throughout the house.
• Increase the minutes (until you are speaking English all day and eventually, all week)
Speak English at Home
Resources in the Parent Center
• Videos: English Yes I can! • Workbooks: Side by Side• Dictionaries• Books
**Note: You can check out resources for up to two weeks using your child’s student number.
What do you need to learn English?
• English-(your language) dictionary and something to read
• Cards/Flashcards• Recording equipment (tape recorder or VCR)• Time: at least 20 minutes a day• The desire to learn and practice • Patience• Good sense of humor about yourself
Only listen to English on the radioListen for:• Music and lyrics (print and follow)• News• Weather forecast• Sports
The Radio
Music Activity
Learning English through Music“Beautiful Day” by U2
The heart is a bloom, shoots up through stony groundBut there's no room, no space to rent in this townYou're out of luck and the reason that you had to careThe traffic is stuck and you're not movin' anywhereYou thought you’d found a friend to take you out of this placeSomeone you could lend a hand in return for grace
It's a beautiful day,The sky falls and you feel like It's a beautiful day,Don’t let it get away
You’re on the road but you’ve got no destinationYou’re in the mud, in the maze of her imaginationYou love this town even if that doesn’t ring trueYou’ve been all over and it’s been all over you
It's a beautiful day,Don't let it get awayIt's a beautiful day,Touch me, take me to that other placeTeach me love, I know I’m not a hopeless case
See the world in green and blueSee China right in front of youSee the canyons broken by cloudSee the tuna fleets clearing the sea outSee the bedouin fires at nightSee the oil fields at first lightSee the bird with a leaf in her mouthAfter the flood all the colors came out
It was a beautiful dayDon't let it get awayA beautiful dayTouch me, take me to that other placeReach me, I know I'm not a hopeless
caseWhat you don’t have you don’t need it
nowWhat you don’t know you can feel it
somehowWhat you don’t have you don’t need it
nowDon’t need it nowIt was a beautiful day
Vocabulary Activity
• Newspaper• Highlighter marker• Flashcards• Dictionary (English-your language)• Envelope (to store the cards)
