[Dialogue] working with the illiterate and pre-literate

[William Alerding]

Sunny,

	Presently, I am teaching English as Another Language with some groups 
of Spanish speaking immigrants. Speaking English well is a crucial 
asset for immigrants. They won't rise on the economic ladder unless 
they know English.  I call my method NEURO-SPEAK and it uses the 
natural way we all use our linguistic intelligence without textbook or 
boring grammar exercises. If this would helpful to you, contact me 
directly at  walerding at igc.org.

Bill
On Mar 17, 2006, at 11:04 AM, Sunny Walker wrote:

>
> To Lucille and anyone else with experience,
> I will soon be involved in putting together curriculum for training 
> with refugees, many of whom are not literate or barely. What resources 
> or experiences could you share with out team? I DO have access to 
> Spring Institute’s and (Burna Dunn’s) wonderful work with refugees, 
> but was wondering more about the question of literacy in relation to 
> some of our ToP methods which are at the moment very dependent on the 
> written word (I’ve done the cards on the wall dynamic with pictures 
> before, but it’s VERY tricky!). We will be encouraging this group to 
> work outside their single culture and within their neighborhood which 
> is rather diverse. They are now learning English (just beginning). I 
> believe they will be phenomenal with the verbal skills (such as the 
> “Focused Conversation” – Art Form to those a bit outside the current 
> usage loop), yet know they will need to find ways to create a 
> stronger, visual consensus and document it. If it were just me, I’d 
> probably work with an interpreter and have them teach me how to do it.
>  
> Thanks!!!
>  
> Sunny Walker
> Institute of Cultural Affairs, Denver
> 303-671-0704
> swalker at ica-usa.org
>  
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