Marcel Negrete | Literacy Coalition of Central Texas

Integrating Job Skills into the Classroom

by Marcel Negrete | Jan 13, 2015 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Teaching Tips

This week our teaching tip is from Toni Aguirre, another Master Trainer based out of Austin, Texas! Read her teaching tips on integrating job skills into the classroom below! At the beginning of the program year, the students are excited about picking their...

Class Teams and Student Retention

by Marcel Negrete | Dec 16, 2014 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Teaching Tips

This week we have a guest Teaching Tip from Alexia Estes, one of the English Forward Master Trainers! Read her post below. Student retention has always been a point of discussion in adult ESL. How do we keep our students coming when they have so much going on in their...

Health Literacy and Healthcare

by Marcel Negrete | Dec 3, 2014 | English Forward, English Forward Blog

Did you know that most medical information is written at a 10th grade level or higher? And that most medical information communicated verbally is at the 8th grade level or higher? You can imagine what this means for your students and others with low literacy in...