Showing posts with label Reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reading. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Free Webinar (Online Meeting)

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/911631934?Portal=www.gotomeeting.com

Webinar:


For Teachers with Struggling Readers Who Wonder:

"What Should I Say When They Get Stuck on a Word?"

November 13th, 10:00 a.m. MT

This webinar will focus on effective strategies for decoding unfamiliar words in text, and how those strategies change with word type and reading level. Kathleen Brown is well versed in current reading research and in meeting the needs of varying student populations. This will be a content rich web presentation, ideal for all parents and educators that deal with readers of all ages.

To attend this FREE presentation, you will need to register. Please click on the link below to be directed to that page:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/911631934?Portal=www.gotomeeting.com
 
If you need help with registering, have questions or would like to attend the Webinar in the AELC, please contact me at x 4118 or x4128 and I will help you. 
 
Judith Sotir
AELC Manager

Monday, November 26, 2007

California Distance Learning Project (CDLP)

http://www.cdlponline.org California Distance Learning Project

This free site offers great listening to stories coming from the news, for Adult Basic Education and Intermediate to Advanced ESL learners. Some stories also have a video component. Possible life skills topics include: working, law and government, family, school, health and safety, housing, money, science and technology, services, going places and nature. Some are generic while others have some relevance to California, namely Sacramento County.

In addition to just listening to the story, read at a moderate speed by a native speaker, learners can go over hearing key vocabulary words, mastering their spelling and then utilizing hasic comprehension in a multiple choice format. Some lessons also have a matching game, a what did you learn activity, a writing activity and additional links to other Web sites.

(originally reviewed on the AELC Instructor Blog (http://wccniuesl.blogspot.com) in 2005, this current review is by AELC instructor Robin Bosworth)