by Marcel Negrete | Jun 15, 2017 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
In light of immigration policies and rhetoric this year, we have heard extensive conversation among our English Forward partners about how to best serve and support clients in this context. Here at the Literacy...
by Marcel Negrete | Jun 7, 2017 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Teaching Tips
English Forward is all about bringing the real world into the classroom to reflect how students need to use English in day-to-day life in the United States. This doesn’t have to stop with realia. If your students are interested in getting a High School Equivalency or...
by Marcel Negrete | May 31, 2017 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
How familiar are you with the content standards that inform what’s taught in adult ESL classrooms? The English Forward team has recently been spending time reviewing state and national standards to ensure that our work reflects national trends in adult education and...
by Marcel Negrete | May 30, 2017 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Teaching Tips
How does your program assess student needs, goals, and progress? While there are a variety of formal assessments such as BEST PLUS and CASAS that provide key data on students’ language acquisition, programs often need to create or adapt their own methods for informal,...
by Marcel Negrete | Apr 28, 2017 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
Today we’re releasing a special set of lessons. Thanks to a grant from the Transit Empowerment Fund and Capital Metro, the Austin area’s public transit provider. The English Forward team has created a set of 4 lessons on how to use the CapMetro Transit...
