ESL-Korean (long)

[the browns <vbpaula@erols.com>]

Many thanks to those listed who shared their wealth. I just noted there
is a Rosetta Stone CD for ESL reviewed in the recent Booklist or SLJ I
believe at around $295.There is a lot plus commentary advice here.
I think I still have a lot of sorting through to do but will share these
sites with teachers involved so they can help target the best.
This is what I have so far(permission to post requested):
>
http://www.alltogethernow.org/

Click Mentor Pages / Education / Foreign Language/ESL

You'll find a number of useful links here, particularly the last one.
(from)
-Dale(Copps)

>
It's interesting how often this topic comes up.  Having been an ESL
teacher
for many years before my latest incarnation as librarian, I hope I can
help.

Here are some suggestions:

The major publishers of ESL material are:
Prentice Hall
Oxford University Press
Addison Wesley
Newbury (now owned by???)
Heinle and Heinle (Now owned by ???)
Cambridge U. Press

Some of them only have textbooks, but most now offer also (1)
dictionaries,
(2) easy readers.

You also want to get a hold of the catalogs from Fearon/Globe (I think
it's
one company) and New Readers Press.  They both publish books for "new
adult
readers".

Some of the reading material is pretty awful (=boring) -- what can you
do
with 300-word vocabulary??-- but there are some gems in there, too.

You definitely want to have some picture dictionaries around.  Oxford U.
Press has inexpensive paperback ones as does Prentice Hall.  If the
students have problems with pronunciation, there are tapes that go with
the
dictionaries -- boring, but they model the pronunciation!

You might also want to look into some listening textbooks that the
students
can work on at their own pace.  You want ones that ask the student to
perform "listening tasks". Prentice Hall has some good, easy ones.
There
is a book and a tape to go with it, and the student has to perform a
"listening task", i.e., write down the movie time schedule he hears, the
arrival and departure times of planes, etc.

As for straight pronunciation, I would recommend Cabridge University's
books "Ship or Sheep?" "Tree or Three?" (I think there is a third).
They
can do this by themselves, but it's much easier to do with tutors, since
often the students can't hear whether their pronunciation is correct,
they
need an objective ear.

The BEST grammar books are:
The Azar books (Azar is the author) I think they are published by
Prentice
Hall) : a perennial “best seller” among ESL classes at the university
level!  No answer book, so hard to do as "self-study"
Grammar In Use (Cambridge U. Press).  I really like this (there’s a
Basic
Grammar in Use book, too), and you can buy a separate student answer
book,
so students can self-check.


Other indispensable materials:
Basic Vocabulary Builder + Practical Vocabulary Builder (National
Textbook
Company)
blackline masters of pictures of vocabulary "sets" (e.g., clothing, the
weather, shops and stores, etc).
there are no words, just pictures.
        I had students make flashcards with these pictures (cut 3x5
index cards in
two for two flashcards); picture on one side and word on the other.
They
"tested" each other using these different sets. (you can also do this,
without the pictures, using antonyms and synonyms).  You can also make
Concentration Game sets with these pictures.  Tons of uses!! Great for
pair
and small group work!  Good for tutors to use with the students.


Carolyn Graham’s Jazz Chants (Oxford U. Press), including the tapes.
The original one and More Jazz Chants are great.   Skip the fairytale
ones,
and the kids’ ones,  though.
Grammar and social situations set to 4/4 beat (the natural rhythm  of
the
English language)
(students love them and it teaches them the natural rhythmic patterns of
English)


Books on tape:
books and accompanying tapes -- so students can read along -- are
available
from
New Readers Press
Troll Books (most of these are for little kids, but they do have some
history-related books, (curriculum-related) as book-tape sets.  They
might
have more than they did when I last saw their catalog (8 years ago!)

some easy YA books would be good for the collection.  Perhaps if the
kids
like to "hear and read", or just "hear", your (English-speaking)
students
could make tapes of a chapter for the Korean kids.

teen magazines

There is a TV show for teaching English that I think is on PBS, or used
to
be.  Mostly for adults.  There are also some expensive video ESL
Language
learning programs, but I'm not sure they are worth the price.   I see
you
are in Pennsylvania.  See where there are adult ed programs that have
ESL
classes, and see if they have them to preview. Or check out the
Universities nearby-- they often have ESL institutes for foreign
students
and have AV material you could preview (and possibly borrow).


Finally don’t forget TV and closed captioning!
A teacher/tutor can use the closed captioning for herself to see what
vocabulary students may have problems with, and to create exercises for
them to do (tape the show and keep the close captioning on!)
However, it’s important to remember that anything more than 1-2 minutes
of
video/TV at one time is way too much for the students. (Imagine yourself
listening to a conversation of Chinese, for example, if you know about
100
words of Chinese.  Your brain will tune it out really quickly, because
you
can’t make sense of it).
        30-second commercials are a good way to start, or a really short
scene of,
let’s say, Felicity, Moesha, Dawson’s Creek (all closed captioned).
Start
by giving them one thing to listen for (for example, how many pieces of
chicken do you get at KFC for $8.99) or give them a cloze passage with
most
of the dialog there, and have them listen for four or five words (this
should be words which are stressed in English, not unstressed, e.g., in
the
sentence
        I have a bone to pick with you.  BONE and PICK and YOU are
stressed words.

In a multi-level class, students with better listening comp. skills have
more blanks they have to fill in
(Low level students have to listen for 2-3 words, the higher level
students
have to listen for 7-8).


Here are some ESL websites: THey were listed in Technology and Learning
(Jan 1999 issue, page 54):

Dave’s ESL Cafe
www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/eslcafe.html

English as a Second Language Homepage
www.lang.uiuc.edu/r-li5/esl

English as s Sweonc, a foreign, another language: The Pages of Andreas
Lund
home.sol.no/~andreasl/

ESL Teacher Connection
www.personal.si.umich.edu/~jarmour/etc/etchome.html

Kathy’s ESL world
www.eslworld.com

Welcome to Fun, the Frizzy University Newtowrk
thecity.sfsu.edu/~funweb/


I think that Kathy Schrock also has some ESL links under World Cultures
and
Languages in her Schrock Guide.

Well, I hope this is helpful.  If you have more specific questions, feel
free to write back.

Rena Deutsch, Librarian
High School for the Humanities
New York, NY
renadeutsch@worldnet.att.net

>
We also have a new student who speaks Chinese.  We are beginning to use
some
resources recommended by my brother and sister-in-law who are reading
and
ESL professors on the WEst Coast--Shens.com and AsiaforKids.com.  It
appears
we will be able to start building our collection in this area. Good
Luck!

Kathy Niebuhr, Media Specialist
Albert Lea Area Schools
Sibley/Lakeview Elementary Schools
kniebuhr@albertlea.k12.mn.us

More than half my population is ESL.  I have found the materials from
New Readers Press to be wonderful--they cover all proficiency levels,
and students REALLY like the literature.   You can call them at
800-448-8878 for their catalog.
Barbara Tepper
Lower East Side Prep HS
Special Needs Education Network (SNE) -
http://www.schoolnet.ca/sne/e/snewww.html
          This resource directory is in two parts: A Directory of
Organizations active in special
          needs education and an organized collection of links to
Internet sites for Special Needs
          Education. Sections include: Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD),
Autism, Blindness/Sight
          Impairments, Deafness, Developmental Disabilities, Down
Syndrome, Dyslexia, English
          as a Second Language (ESL), Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Fragile X
Syndrome, Gifted
          Education, Learning Disabilities, Multiple Sclerosis,
Technology and Special Needs, and
          more. - cl
         |
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchindex?query=esl&searchtype=all
Specific Resources

     Dave's ESL Cafe - http://www.eslcafe.com/
          If you are learning English as a foreign language or second
language, there are resources
          scattered about the Web, but few sites do as good a job of
bringing them all together as
          this one. It has links for both students and teachers,
including job listings. - cl
          Subjects: english language | job listings | education |
     English as a Second Language Home Page -
http://www.lang.uiuc.edu/r-li5/esl/
          A starting point for ESL learners who want to learn English
through the World Wide
          Web. Contains a lightly annotated directory of links in
categories including: Listening and
          Speaking; Reading with Understanding; Grammar and Writing;
ESL-related Information;
          English Language Schools; and More ESL Sites. - cl
          Subjects: english language | literacy |
     National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education -- NCLE -
http://www.cal.org/ncle/
          Focuses its efforts on literacy education for adults learning
English as a second language.
          Major content is the ERIC Digests - concise articles on topics
relevant to adult ESL
          literacy instruction. - cl
          Subjects: english language | literacy |
     TOEFL PREP Starting Page - http://studint.net/toefl/
          An excellent, educational use of Shockwave. Prepares users for
the Test of English as a
          Foreign Language. Note: To use the TOEFL Prep you'll need
current Web software,
          including Shockwave. Their other pages, including TOEFL test
dates and other ESL -
          English as a Second Language links don't require special
software. - cl
          Subjects: english language | literacy | ook for Teaching
Korean-speaking Students
California State Dept. of Education, Office of Bilingual Bicultural
Education. (Funded by U.S. Education Department)
1992

This handbook is designed for teachers, administrators, and other school
personnel. It provides an explanation of the sociocultural and
linguistic
characteristics of Korean-American. A glossary and an annotated
bibliography of general references and Korean language
materials are also presented.



ESL Help center:
http://www.eslcafe.com/help/index.cgi

Dictionaries:
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction2.html#korean

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