http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/ Student assumptions re good teaching Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:39:40 GMT chrisbadroo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/127 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/127 The both of us have had several different experiences in our family. For example, Rebecca learned Spanish in high school?she studied it for several years. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:35:16 GMT chrisbadroo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/126 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/126 We believe that Krashen has some great insight with the accuracy and the fluency difference. The fact that Krashen believes that EXPLICITLY learned Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:02:58 GMT Thomas Gault, PhD http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/125 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/125 Dear ESLSA Participants: Thanks to all of you who participated in this EVO session. I hope that it spurred your interest in understanding and reacting to the Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:09:20 GMT Zouita http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/124 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/124 Hi everyone, A.How helpful has this seminar been to you? 3.Somewhat helpful What is likert scale? B.As I know nothing about this method, I goggled the Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:08:01 GMT Zouita http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/123 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/123 A.How helpful has this seminar been to you? 3.Somewhat helpful What is likert scale? B.As I know nothing about this method, I goggled the following quotation Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:38:12 GMT Paula Emmert http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/122 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/122 Dear EVO Participants, The EVO Moderators and Coordinators would like to thank you for taking the time to participate in this year's sessions. We hope you Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:27:20 GMT Thomas Gault http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/121 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/121 I agree Abbie! And the textbooks and supplements are usually preoccupied with grammar and followup exercises, not with materials for expanding the CI. If your Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:14:57 GMT Thomas Gault http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/120 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/120 My own practical advice: 1. Set aside time for working on writing. Make sure that your main lessons on other subjects do not demand much writing. You do not Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:34:55 GMT Kathy Steers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/119 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/119 A small point, and out of order, but it may be critical to several students. Observing a student struggling with hand printing-or-writing, or numbers, Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:48:19 GMT tomabigail http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/118 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/118 I think one of the hardest things in ESL teaching (especially for beginning teachers) is providing comprehensible input. Teachers really need to think about Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:35:35 GMT Thomas Gault, PhD http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/117 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/117 Here are more of the results from my research. I had 136 participants. All were Hispanic adults in beginning ESL classes. The average level of education was Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:12:20 GMT Thomas Gault, PhD http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/116 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/116 Hello everybody! You've posted some really interesting stuff this week. Well a few of you have ;-) We have about 10 active participants and 70 who signed up Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:41:14 GMT Burke Omalley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/115 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/115 Hi, I just got my certificate from American University also. All they teach is the Communicative method. Which means that comprehensible input is key. After Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:32:36 GMT Ana Rush http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/114 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/114 Hi All, Here's my contribution Communicative teaching and Reserach. It is true that a Foreign language is acquired much the same as the first language or Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:50:11 GMT Ana Rivas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/113 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ESLSA/message/113 Late answer for post: How do students best acquiere a language in class? A. Real comprehension and fluency in a second language comes the same way it does in a