by Marcel Negrete | Nov 9, 2015 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
Did you know that the Literacy Forward Web Portal is optimized for smartphones and tablets? If you are tired of taking the entire English Forward Curriculum with you, printing out individual lessons, or taking a computer to class so that you can reference the lesson,...
by Marcel Negrete | Oct 30, 2015 | English Forward, Webinars
This page is where you’ll find webinars on adapting English Forward to 1-1 settings and integrating health literacy into the classroom. Click the modules to access each piece of the webinar on What Works in One-to-One Settings. A brief description of each module...
by Marcel Negrete | Oct 30, 2015 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Teaching Tips
Bringing news and current events into the classroom can be challenging because many of the texts are written at a much higher level than our students are comfortable with. The same can be said for significant historical or cultural events. For example, imagine finding...
by Marcel Negrete | Oct 23, 2015 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
Last week, a few members of the local Literacy Forward team got to attend the US Conference on Adult Literacy , put on by ProLiteracy. While there, we were able to meet with many of the organizations using English Forward around the country. It was great to see...
by Marcel Negrete | Oct 18, 2015 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Teaching Tips
As teachers of adult ESL, we understand the importance of ensuring that the lessons we teach in class are relevant to our students. While learning about money, jobs, etc. is explicitly relevant to our students, cultural topics and current events such as elections and...