tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790484847122371611.post8999274549886269296..comments2021-01-20T22:35:21.600-08:00Comments on NETABLOG: NETA NEWSDr. Sarala Krishnamurthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18060561258758085279noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790484847122371611.post-9786352356694384792008-08-20T04:42:00.000-07:002008-08-20T04:42:00.000-07:00Thank you Fohne.Thank you Fohne.Dr. Sarala Krishnamurthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18060561258758085279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790484847122371611.post-70913138961222111252008-08-08T04:16:00.000-07:002008-08-08T04:16:00.000-07:00Thank youMuch appreciated. I am sending this infor...Thank you<BR/>Much appreciated. I am sending this information to all members of NETA with Email ids.<BR/>SaralaSarala Krishnamurthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03319120511692219916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790484847122371611.post-32604813314934143052008-07-19T07:58:00.000-07:002008-07-19T07:58:00.000-07:00Congratulations to all of you for a fantastic effo...Congratulations to all of you for a fantastic effort. <BR/>I am a member of a Teachers Association in Switzerland which currently has a project in Zimbabwe. If you're interested, have a look at www.matopoprimaryschool.blogspot.com<BR/>best wishes<BR/>Cindy Hauert<BR/>www.e-tas.chAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466184114790976808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7790484847122371611.post-60268658499411541752008-07-18T16:23:00.000-07:002008-07-18T16:23:00.000-07:00Congratulations to NETA for your work. I found a ...Congratulations to NETA for your work. I found a successful ESL program named English Now! Here is a description for your info that might be helpful. This not a sales pitch but rather a look at effective programs: English Now! A/B is an English as a Second Language (ESL)/English Language Development Program designed for English Language Learners (ELLs) at language proficiency levels 1 (beginning) to 4 (early advanced) in Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2, and for ELLs at language proficiency levels 1 (beginning) and 2 (early intermediate) in Grades 3 to 12.<BR/><BR/>The goal of English Now! A/B is to increase the student’s language proficiency by a minimum of one level after 150 days of instruction.<BR/><BR/>English Now! A/B has a full range of teacher and student materials designed for ease of use and minimum teacher training. The teacher’s materials include teacher’s guides, a strategy booklet, game kits, presentation books, big books, story books with text, CD-ROMs, a phonemic awareness and pronunciation teacher’s guide, assessment directions and key guide, and sticky sentence strips. Student materials include student books, an assessment book, wordless story books, vocabulary card boxes, and home-school connection folders.<BR/><BR/>English Now! A/B is developed in five grade categories: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Upper Elementary, and Secondary (which can be used as an Adult Education ESL program). In all grade categories the program consists of 135 ESL/ELD lessons and 15 phonemic awareness and pronunciation lessons. <BR/><BR/>The day program is complemented by English Now! A/B Intervention, designed for short-term intervention (summer school, after school tutorials, year round intersession).<BR/><BR/>English Now! A/B approaches second language acquisition and learning using Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) and six categories of second language strategies. The primary sources of curriculum are English Language Development Standards and themes based on categories of high-use vocabulary. Form is determined by function and is taught both explicitly and implicitly.<BR/><BR/>To facilitate instruction, the teacher’s guide identifies the standards assessed and addressed in each lesson, an easy-to-follow TBLT lesson sequence, communicative tasks, differentiation using second language strategies, assessment opportunities, and extension assignments for guided and independent practice.<BR/><BR/>English Now! A/B Assessment consists of a pretest, a progress test, and a posttest designed for administration at the beginning of the school year, at midyear, and at the end of the school year. Assessment results yield proficiency levels in listening, reading, speaking, and writing, and a composite language proficiency level.fohnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664136410059369726noreply@blogger.com