ERIC Number: ED353859
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1991-Oct
Pages: 162
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Prenatal Care: A Content-Based ESL Curriculum.
Hassel, Elissa Anne
A content-based curriculum in English as a Second Language (ESL) focusing on prenatal self-care is presented. The course was designed as a solution to the problem of inadequate prenatal care for limited-English-proficient Mexican immigrant women. The first three sections offer background information on and discussion of (1) content-based ESL instruction, including related methods, rationale, its use in different academic settings, issues in implementation, and adaptation to adult education; (2) the health needs of Mexican women, including cultural and practical barriers to use of health care and health services, and benefits of prenatal care; and (3) the rationale for and design of prenatal care instruction through content-based ESL, including educational benefits, materials, other prenatal care resources, adapting materials for content-based instruction, and design issues. The curriculum itself is then presented. It consists of lesson plans and 44 student handouts on these topics: the body, the fetus, going to the doctor, nutrition during pregnancy, giving birth, and well-baby care. Notes for the instructor and ideas for vocabulary exercises are included. A 100-item list of content and methodological resources is appended. (MSE) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Birth, Child Health, English (Second Language), Immigrants, Limited English Speaking, Literacy Education, Medical Services, Mexican Americans, Nutrition Instruction, Parenthood Education, Pregnancy, Prenatal Influences, Reproduction (Biology), Second Language Instruction, Self Care Skills, Spanish Speaking
Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Masters Theses
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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