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There is a case for bringing together both monolingual & multingual English speakers together in the same space for Literacy and Language development. What do you think the impact might be on both learners and teachers?The NRDC report below - "The Right Course?" sets out issues relating to learner placement practices while also highlighting some of the concerns of teachers who feel they don't have the right skills themselves. "The Right Course? Or Right Teacher?" is a response by James Danes, published in Skills for Life Professional Development.

Read the executive summary and the conclusion of the NRDC report then read James's response. What are the key messages being outlined in both papers? To what extent do you agree/disagree? How would you cope with the additional demands the different learners would make? Or are these challenges really good opportunities? Post your comments in the forum.

The Right Course?

An exploratory study of learner placement practices in ESOL and literacy
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The Right Course or The Right Teacher?

James Danes challenges preconceived views on ESOL and Literacy teaching
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  • home
  • About
    • Blog
    • why you should listen
    • Language & Literacy in a Changing World
  • one:
    • Grammar debates >
      • ESOL and Literacy Adult Core Curriculum
      • Oxford grammar guide
      • The Role of Grammar in Literacy Development
      • Why does my teacher make me learn English grammar words?
      • glossary 1
      • glossary 2
      • Cohesion
      • Compare these two texts >
        • standard text
        • non-standard text
  • two:
    • Reading & Writing >
      • Models of Reading and the ESOL Student
      • There's Reading...and Then There's Reading:
      • The Power of Writing, the Writing of Power
      • How Learners and Teachers Understand Writing
      • Writing Activities for Beginning ESOL Learners
      • Teaching ESOL Using Word Processing: A Communicative Approach
      • Product or Process?
      • Knowledge in Action: The Promise of Project-Based Learning
      • The mutual dependence & interdependence of the four skills
      • The four resources model
      • multimodality
      • Towards an interdisciplinary approach?
  • three:
    • Language Acquisition >
      • lang aq papers 2
      • Some approaches
  • four:
    • literacy development >
      • Assorted papers on literacy development
      • Converging areas
  • five:
  • six:
    • History of English >
      • Language variety
      • Language change
      • A history of spelling
      • 20th Century English
      • English as a global language
      • What's your view?
  • forum
  • Untitled