Literacy:  The ability to read or write OR competence or knowledge in  
a specified area such as computer literacy OR.....?    I would also  
like to know what is the accepted term for those who are not literate  
i.e. are they pre-literate, ill-literate, non-literate, low literate,  
etc.?

Sally


On Feb 7, 2008, at 9:03 AM, Aderman Elizabeth M (79D755) wrote:


> I'm very concerned about Literacy, too. It's important we bring in  

> the subject of PHONICS if we are going to help ELLs READ. Margo  

> DelliCarpini of Lehman College, NYC puts in phonics under  

> PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS. How about this, there may be many ways to  

> make the sound of aw- as in ball, caught, bought, long. To teach  

> beginning phonics, we can start with the phonogram -all-and teach  

> students to recognize the sound-syllable correspondence in the  

> syllables all, ball, fall, call, mall. What do you do about phonics?

>

> ________________________________

>

> From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Sally Bishop

> Sent: Mon 2/4/2008 11:04 AM

> To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List

> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2106] Re: Topics for the list 2007, 2008

>

>

> I have been hoping for this for a long time.

>

> SB

>

> On Feb 1, 2008, at 6:14 PM, Ted Klein wrote:

>

>

> 	Lynda,

> 	

> 	I would like to see a serious discussion on the current meaning(s)  

> of the word "literacy." I recently polled a number of my long-term  

> ESL colleagues and most of us, including yours truly, tend to  

> accept the semantically and historically original meaning, "the  

> ability to read and write."  Now the limits seem to be changing and  

> expanding quite a bit. Either we need extensive agreement on  

> something that is mutually realistic or we need to clarify and make  

> it "graphic literacy," "communication literacy," and/or something  

> more tangible. If we are going to talk about it, we need to know  

> what it really is. When I first heard of NIFL, I thought that it  

> was all about reading, which interests me less than language  

> teaching methodologies, techniques, approaches, the application of  

> phonology, cultural factors and measurement in total L2  

> acquisition. NIFL seems to represent much more than my original  

> interpretation.

> 	

> 	Thank you.

> 	

> 	Ted Klein

> 	Lake Travis in Texas

> 	www.tedklein-ESL.com <http://www.tedklein-esl.com/>

> 	

> 	----- Original Message -----

>

> 		From: Lynda Terrill <mailto:lterrill at cal.org>

> 		To: englishlanguage at nifl.gov

> 		Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 11:48 AM

> 		Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2101] Topics for the list 2007, 2008

>

> 		

> 		Dear subscribers,

> 		

> 		I'd like to sum up the topics the list discussed last year and  

> also to look forward to possible topics of discussion this year on  

> the list.

> 		

> 		 First, I want to say that my favorite thing about this list  

> community is that so many of you bring up  topics of interest and  

> concern and so many of you respond so quickly. In fact, this is a  

> subscriber -centered list and, to me, that makes this list a  

> powerful tool.

> 		

> 		In 2007, we had several successful guest facilitated discussions  

> and we spent some time in the fall sharing resources in a focused  

> and reflective way, but you brought up and worked on many  other  

> important topics as well

> 		

> 		Last year there were guest facilitated discussions on

>

> 		*	workplace ESL

> 		*	teaching writing to adult English language learners

> 		*	adult ESL content standards

> 		*	practical strategies for working with literacy-level learners.

>

> 		

> 		In addition to the focused sharing of resources, we also had the  

> yearly discussion and sharing about TESOL/COABE sessions (as we  

> will again).

> 		

> 		Other topics you brought up-- which were sometimes part of the  

> above discussions or offshoots of them-- included the following:

>

> 		*	immigration, citizenship preparation, and EL/civics

> 		*	native language literacy

> 		*	bilingual classes

> 		*	phonemics and pronunciation\

> 		*	reading aloud in adult ESL classes

> 		*	multilevel classes;

> 		*	vocabulary acquisition

> 		*	offering a menu of  classes rather than general ESL classes;

> 		*	technology and distance learning.

>

> 		

> 		By February 11, will you send your suggestions to the list for  

> "special" discussions?

> 		

> 		Thanks, and, as always, please bring to the list issues related  

> to teaching adult ESL as they come up.   .

> 		

> 		Sincerely,

> 		

> 		Lynda Terrill

> 		List moderator

> 		lterrill at cal.org

> 		

> 		

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