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...
by Marcel Negrete | Oct 6, 2015 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Home
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by Marcel Negrete | Oct 4, 2015 | English Forward, English Forward Blog, Teaching Tips
We’ve posted in the past on basic techniques that you can use to accommodate multi-level classrooms. We wanted to take this opportunity to discuss ways to adjust your teaching that can be brought into the multi-level classroom. On page 9 of the English Forward...
by Marcel Negrete | Sep 28, 2015 | English Forward, English Forward Blog
This week Literacy Forward will be in Pittsburgh, PA providing a training for the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council! We’re excited to be working with them! GPLC will be bringing the English Forward Instructor Training to their community and empowering their...
