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ERIC Number: ED403783
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 326
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
English for Speakers of Other Languages: Adult ESOL Courses [and] Special Interest Courses. Revised.
Broward County Schools, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
This curriculum guide outlines courses in English as a Second Language (ESL) offered by the Broward County (Florida) adult education program. An introductory section outlines the general student needs on which the curricula are based, program policies for placement and promotion, instructional delivery, and student progression, and the correspondence between Florida state curriculum requirements and those of Broward County. The second section discusses various aspects of methodology for the courses, including classroom coping skills, adult learner characteristics, learning styles, multiple intelligences, multicultural/multilingual issues, language proficiency levels, language learning processes, classroom strategies, and teaching resources. Section three addresses adult ESL curriculum design at five proficiency levels (preparatory, beginning, intermediate, advanced, and pre-GED). The fourth section outlines the programs special interest courses: native language literacy (Haitian Creole and Spanish); citizenship; accent reduction; conversation; English for special purposes (health care and hotel employment, health and nutrition); computer-assisted language learning; and young adult programs (out-of-school youth, transition to college, college entrance exam preparation, English language exam preparation, and vocational ESL). Substantial supplementary material is appended. (MSE) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Broward County Schools, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Identifiers - Location: Florida
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A