Tag: ESL

Sign in, Sign up. The challenges of email in an ESL class

Michael Chalk1 CommentUncategorized

Last week, i spent one session working with Chris at Reservoir Neighbourhood House, in her “very beginner” English as a second language (ESL) class. One of the English students was having a terrible time trying to sign up for a gmail account. They had tried to connect week after week, and kept getting some kind of “verification code” message. Fortunately we managed to resolve that issue, and she could sign in for the first time. First task was to send Chris a message. After that, send a message to one Read More …

Phone blog your Progress, Part 2: E-skills at Carlton NLC

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Further to the post, Phone blog your Progress, here are some interesting phone blogs kindly shared with us by staff from Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre (CNLC). They were asked to describe how the teaching and learning in their ESL classes changed in 2011 with the introduction of internet and the projector into the classrooms. The CNLC ipadio player: The following phone blogs or ‘phlogs’ can be heard by clicking the little red + icon in the bottom right corner of the player (found as you move your mouse over the Read More …

E-learning livens up at Lalor

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It’s probably time to profile one or two e-projects and their early progress. The other day I took the opportunity to visit Assunta and Carmela at Lalor to assist them with their first e-project and to review some of the resources available for their e-learning and networking generally. Neither of the two e-leaders are teachers of ICT yet they are targeting their first project to beginner ESL students entering the computer room for the first time: developing an enhanced Powerpoint presie showing how to sit, use a mouse and log Read More …