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Yin, Mary – TESL Talk, 1990
Describes practical materials that relate to places within the English-as-a-Second-Language learner's own community, such as the supermarket, local fast food restaurants, pharmacy, and library. Each literacy booklet contains approximately 35 pages of activities that can be used as classroom handouts. (LB)
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, English (Second Language), Functional Literacy, Instructional Materials
Ciancone, Tom – TESL Talk, 1990
Offers suggestions for teachers to integrate the functional uses of numbers and mathematics into the English-as-a-Second-Language classroom curriculum, as well as several sources of information for additional exercises and ideas for activities. (15 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Class Activities, English (Second Language), Functional Literacy
Pratt, Sidney – TESL Talk, 1982
Problems of dealing with ESL students who are functionally, completely, or semi-literate, or who are not familiar with the Roman alphabet, are outlined, and some solutions to material development and class activities are proposed. Examples and a list of resources are included. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alphabets, English (Second Language), Functional Literacy, Illiteracy
