Speaker to talk on ESL learning
STOCKTON - University of the Pacific will host a discussion on the best ways to teach children whose primary language is not English at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Benerd School of Education, Room 208.
The featured speaker will be Vanessa Gomez, a Pacific graduate who received last year’s New Teacher of the Year award from the Lammersville School District.
Language of money translates well for ESL
Abbotsford Community Services received more than half a million dollars this year to continue providing English-language training to the growing number of immigrants coming to this community. “The funding expands our capacity,” said Manpreet Grewal, manager of the ACS immigrant services. Abbotsford MLAs John van Dongen and Mike de Jong presented Grewal and Corinne Vooys, ESL supervisor, with a cheque for $579,736 for the one-year contract on Friday.
Read More… Christina Toth, The Times Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Onsite “Survival” Language Training in the Workplace: Spanish & ESL
PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 17, 2008 – In partnership with the Louisiana Department of Labor & the Louisiana Licensing Board of Contractors, Bilingual Resources Group provides Workplace Spanish classes to small companies and non-profits in Louisiana. If your company has 50 or fewer employees and been in business for 3 or more years, you may be eligible for a 100% reimbursement through the NEW Louisiana Small Business Employee Training Program! Bilingual Resources Group, Inc. is now offering customized onsite “Survival” Language Training in the Workplace: Spanish & ESL. All Classes & Seminars are offered onsite at the company to all industries. They offer a “Grammar-Less” approach giving you enough to help close the Communication Gap.
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Schools’ Resources Important For Helping Children Of Immigrant Families Succeed In The Classroom
ScienceDaily (Nov. 10, 2008) — Children of immigrants who enter school with low math and reading skills have a better chance of catching up with their peers if they attend a school with high-performing students, well-supported teachers and services to families of English as a second language (ESL) children, according to a new study. Read More…
Ministry awards honor perseverance, empathy & creative care for others
FORT WORTH—The 2008 Texas Baptist Ministry Awards honored a long-tenured small-church pastor, a pioneer in ministry to the mentally disabled and a leader in teaching English to adults.
Baylor University and the Baptist Standard presented the awards during the Friends of Truett Seminary Dinner, held in conjunction with the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting in Fort Worth.
This year’s honorees were Bill Wright, pastor of First Baptist Church in Plains; Joel Pulis, founding pastor/executive director of the Well Community in Dallas; and Robin Feistel of Nacogdoches, longtime English-as-a-Second-Language teacher and author of a new ESL training program.
Baylor University Interim President David Garland (left), dean of Truett Theological Seminary, and Baptist Standard Editor Marv Knox (right) present the 2008 Texas Baptist Ministry Awards during the Friends of Truett Seminary Dinner, held in conjunction with the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting in Fort Worth. Award recipients are (left to right) Bill Wright, pastor of First Baptist Church in Plains; Robin Feistel of Nacogdoches, a longtime English-as-a-Second-Language teacher and author of a new ESL training program; and Joel Pulis, founding pastor/executive director of the Well Community in Dallas. Read More…
HRC Fiesta Raises More Than $90K For ESL Programs
(November 13, 2008) While the forecast for the economy is gloomy, it did not deter nearly 300 supporters from attending the Hispanic Resource Center’s annual fundraiser on November 6 at Hampshire Country Club in Larchmont.
This year’s Fiesta celebrated the Center’s 10th anniversary of helping newly arrived immigrants integrate into the community. As part of the festivities, the HRC’s president, John Gitlitz, and executive director, Mariana Boneo, presented the Amigo Award to the teachers of its English as a Second Language program for “helping everyone speak the same language.” Read More…
“Survival” Language Training in the Workplace: Spanish & ES
In partnership with the Louisiana Department of Labor & the Louisiana Licensing Board of Contractors, Bilingual Resources Group provides Workplace Spanish classes to small companies and non-profits in Louisiana. If your company has 50 or fewer employees and been in business for 3 or more years, you may be eligible for a 100% reimbursement through the NEW Louisiana Small Business Employee Training Program! Bilingual Resources Group, Inc. is now offering customized onsite “Survival” Language Training in the Workplace: Spanish & ESL. All Classes & Seminars are offered onsite at the company to all industries. They offer a “Grammar-Less” approach giving you enough to help close the Communication Gap. Bilingual Resources Group, Inc. also teaches a very functional workplace English to those employees with limited English proficiency. Classes & seminars are always taught on-site at the company. Read More…
NWACC celebrating internationalism
BENTONVILLE - Several new events will highlight this year’s International Education Week at Northwest Arkansas Community College. The kickoff event is a first for the college - a 5 K run will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday at the main campus in Bentonville. There will also be a 1 K walk at 9 a. m., in which participants will be allowed to bring leashed dogs. For more information on registration, visit www. human-race 5 K. blogspot. com. Read More…
TESOL E-Placement
(TESOL), is a global association for English language teaching professionals headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. TESOL encompasses a network of approximately 60,000 educators worldwide, consisting of more than 14,000 individual members and an additional 45,000 educators within the 100 plus TESOL affiliate associations. Representing a multifaceted academic discipline and profession, TESOL offers members serial publications, books, and electronic resources on current issues, ideas, and opportunities in the field of English language teaching. TESOL also conducts a variety of workshops and symposia, including an annual convention, regarded as the foremost professional development opportunity for English language educators worldwide. TESOL’s mission is to ensure excellence in English language teaching to speakers of other languages.
Dave’s ESL Cafe
November 12, 2008 by admin
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