by Marcel Negrete | Jul 1, 2013 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
Out first guest blog post comes from our wonderful AmeriCorps member, Tanlyn Roelofs. Tanlyn is finishing up her year of service soon and I asked her to write a guest post before she leaves us to return to grad school. I’ll...
by Marcel Negrete | Jun 18, 2013 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
This month’s You Ask, We Answer question comes from Debbie McManus. Debbie works with Lancaster County Adult Education in Lancaster, SC. Debbie wants to know if the English Forward curriculum could be used in elementary schools. My initial thought was that many of the...
by Marcel Negrete | Jun 11, 2013 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
Memorial Day has come and summer is in full swing (anyway it is down here in Texas). I’ve been curious to hear from teachers who used English Forward’s Memorial Day Timely Lesson Plan so I was super excited when I got an email from Trena Anderson. Trena is with the...
by Marcel Negrete | Jun 11, 2013 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Teaching Tips
During our recent training in Madison, Wisconsin I had a participant ask about ways to encourage more student interactions with the local community. This is a great question! We want our students to be able to move English from the classroom to the “real world”. Here...
by Marcel Negrete | May 24, 2013 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Teaching Tips
Have you ever taught an open-enrollment ESL class? In open-enrollment classes, there is no ‘start’ date. Students join an on ongoing basis. As those of you who have taught in an open-enrollment program know, it can be a big challenge. You never know who you’ll have in...
