May 31, 2019

Week Seven

TEACHING RESOURCES

Google Drive, Textbook: At Work in the US

Google Drive Textbook: Key Vocabulary for A Safe Workplace

Job Ready PPT by Lizz Kaune

Sandy Millin's blog: 101 Things to do with a coursebook page

On the Same Pag Elt blog: simultaneous-writing-and-peer-correction

TEACHER SHARE

Symphony Space

All Write! Writing Competition

by Elke Stappert

4 wonderful professional actors read student writing on stage.

A wonderful experience.

After the reading, all students go on stage and say a few words.

This year's reading featured quite a few NYPL Adult Learning Center students:

Tompkins Square:

Henderickson George

Shelton Reede

Gilmore Bose

Juan Manuel Medina Carrero

Washington Heights

Luz Albarracin

Tony DeNobrega

Group project with 14 students

Bronx Library Center

Mervon Griffith

Here's student writing that reminds us how hard a lot of immigrants have worked. Washington Heights student Luz Albarracin writes about why she admires her mother:

My Mother

By Luz Albarracin When I was a child, I admired my mother. Why?  Because she worked so much.

At home, I saw her making white knit hats every day. She sold them in the village market to have money to buy food for us. She worked in the fields, too, planting corn, beans and more.

My mother planted the seeds and paid a man to help plow with a bull. She also planted cabbage and potatoes. But that was not all. She took care of our sheep, pigs and chickens. She washed our clothes in the river. She got up very early and went to bed late.  My sisters and I helped her as much as we could. We had a lot of work in our family. But we had more love.

TEACHER READING

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

English Language Teaching Global Blog

Assessment for learning (AfL) is a catchphrase with which many teachers may be familiar and yet may not feel confident that they know what it means in terms of classroom practice. Here I outline the basic ideas behind it and the kinds of classroom practices AfL may involve.

Read the blog post here:
What does Assessment for Learning look like in the classroom?

WEBINAR

How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky

There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language -- from an Aboriginal community in Australia that uses cardinal directions instead of left and right to the multiple words for blue in Russian -- that suggest the answer is a resounding yes. "The beauty of linguistic diversity is that it reveals to us just how ingenious and how flexible the human mind is," Boroditsky says. "Human minds have invented not one cognitive universe, but 7,000."

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Engage, Empower, Support, Celebrate

NYS TESOL Member Benefits

Apply for the 2019 Educator Grants and Awards

Teacher Material Grants  

Three awards of $250 each  (Deadline: September 15, 2019 for project year September 1, 2019 to May 30, 2020)   

http://nystesol.org/teachermaterialsgrants.html  

Travel Grants  

Two awards of $250  (Deadline: September 15, 2019)

http://nystesol.org/teachertravelgrants.html  

Member of the Month 

12 months of recognition, plus eligibility to enter into a raffle for complimentary registration to the NYS TESOL Annual Conference   

http://nystesol.org/memberofthemonth.html  

Awards in Six Categories  

All Winners Will Receive : 

Complimentary Conference Registration Hotel Accommodations

Lunch or Dinner at Awards Ceremony 

$100 Cash prize (Outstanding Teacher Award)    

http://nystesol.org/awards.html  

Visit http://www.nystesol.org/benefits.html to learn about NYS TESOL member benefits 

Send your inquiry or question to vpmembership@nystesol.org

GOOGLE RESOURCES

5 Google Drive Tips for New Users

Dear Colleagues, 

Enjoy your 30% discount today both in the shop and online with the code LASTMAY19. 

Have a great weekend

TEACHER HUB is a weekly blog of resources and information for instructors and staff of the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Literacy (ABE) programs of the New York Public Library in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island

Talk To Me Tuesday: May 28, 2019

Talk to Me Tuesdays:

Grow With Google NYC

This looks so interesting- both for us teachers and for our students. 

Has anyone attended a session? I would love to hear about your experience.

Hello New York City!

The Grow with Google New York City Learning Center offers free digital skills training to all New Yorkers. We offer workshops, one-to-one coaching sessions, community events and more. So whether you're a business owner who wants to reach new customers, an educator interested in bringing digital tools into your classroom, or looking to learn new skills to grow your career -- there’s a class for you.

For free workshops and classes, please check our class schedule and sign up for a workshop today. Beginning Tuesday, May 28th, we will upload new classes every weekday afternoon by 4:00 pm ET.

For free one-to-one coaching sessions, please drop in during our coaching hours listed here.

TEACHER HUB is a weekly blog of resources and information for instructors and staff of the

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Literacy (ABE) programs of the

New York Public Library in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island

Talk To Me Tuesday: May 21, 2019

Talk to Me Thursday:


JOIN US TOMORROW at 3:00 pm

Even if you didn't read it, join us! 

Just watch this 6 minute TED TALK:

Topic: Grit Book Discussion 5/24/19
We will discuss Part 2: Growing GRIT from the Inside Out (p 93-196)

Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/512947441


Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 512 947 441

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English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Literacy (ABE) programs of the

New York Public Library in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island

May 17 and 24, 2019

Week Six

I think this week's version may look like last week's version. 
I'm not quite sure what happened, chalk it up to my recent medical leave. 
But, there's new stuff in here and I hope you'll enjoy it!

Work: weeks 5-7

TEACHING RESOURCES

Some videos, with scripts and other resources, from VOA:

Amazon Pays Employees to Start Businesses

Lesson 1: Budget Cuts

Some resources for Memorial Day: ELCivics.com

Here are some suggestions from Harlem/Washington Heights teacher Elke Stappert:

1. Linguahouse.com has great lesson plans and material for a variety of work subtopics, from "job hunting" to "what to wear at work." Click HERE


2. Thank you for the Music!
The 12 most iconic songs about work
Click HERE for the link.
Suggestion: Choose a song. Pre-teach 7-9 lexical chunks/expressions before you listen. Ss write the expressions on cards. In groups, listen to the song, in small groups Ss try to grab the card when they hear the expression.


3.  Click HERE for WORK CONVERSATION QUESTION CARDS
(for intermediate and advanced level)
* What's better? Working alone or in a team?
* Would you like to have your own business?
Activity: Print one set, cut cards. Each student gets one card. Students mingle. Find a partner. Talk about your two questions for 4 minutes. Exchange cards, find new partners, repeat.

4. WORK, WORK, WORK - in/at/with???

Click HERE for worksheet.

• I work at (a company).                           I work at Burgerking.
• I work for (a company / a person)         I work for Donald Trump.
• I work in (a place)                                  I work in New York.

* I work with (people / things)                  I work with children.

TEACHER READING

Do you think adults can achieve native-like fluency in a second language? The academics have always said no.

MIT Scientists prove adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as children. Click HERE for the article.

SHOWCASE

Here's part 2 of  NYU's Literacy Review Dinner!
A wonderful time was had by all. Great student writing (and food).

Washington Heights student Lirian Melchior

Michelle Lopolito, Ken English, Sandra Ham, Elke Stappert, Diana Vayserfirova

WH student Lirian Melchior with teacher Elke Stappert

Elke and a wonderful view

Ruby Taylor McBride, Michelle Lopolito, Ken English

Pat Lynden with her student

Terry Sheehan, Eric Rosenbaum

Lower Manhattan in the house! Ivana Ferguson, Kathryn Bonn

 Vinicius de La Rocha who was a student at Aguilar, reading his piece, THE VOWS

This is Vinicius' wife Mariana after he read his "VOWS" and 
threw in "I love you" at the end. It was sweet!

Vinícius de La Rocha, Manal Grant and

Danielle Abreu from KP, Stephanie Burnes and Michele Persaud

Stephanie Burnes and Michele Persaud


Please send me pictures, and be sure to include the branch name and level. I need them by the end of the business day on Wednesday. If I already have enough submissions for the week- that just means your pictures will be published the next week. Personally, I think the pictures that you share are the best part of the blog.

Thank you! elizabethschade@nypl.org

CALENDAR

May 25, 26, 27- NYPL CLOSED

June 4: EID (Some students may be absent)

June 30: Spring term ends

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Understanding language acquisition patterns in your learners

Our second

Facebook Live session 

will cover the language acquisition patterns in different types of learners. Our experts, Brigita Seguis and Thomas Booth, will be discussing the cognitive processes of children, teenagers and adults when learning and speaking a second language.

What: Bilingual learners, bilingual brains: language acquisition patterns in different types of learners
When: Wednesday 22 May, 14.00 BST
Where: Cambridge English Teaching Facebook page

If you’re unable to attend the live session, the recording will be available in the videos section of our Facebook page and our YouTube channel shortly afterwards.
Like our Cambridge English Teaching page to get daily information and support.

TECH TIPS

Great tips from "The Digital Teacher" Website:

Training videos, practical tips and lesson plans

You can start using today – tap into the technology at your fingertips and transform your teaching. Click HERE

TEACHER HUB is a weekly blog of resources and information for instructors and staff of the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Literacy (ABE) programs of the New York Public Library in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island

May 10, 2019

Week Four

Shopping

TEACHING RESOURCES

Some Role Plays from the Fluent U website: Let's Talk Shopping

islcollective.com: 320 FREE ESL Shopping worksheets

esl-lab.com: Shopping Centers Malls and Department Stores

TEACHER READING

Do You Need to Unplug? A Checklist for Healthy Work-Life Boundaries for Teachers

Unlike many other jobs, the time you can spend on teaching is limitless, and the impact feels immense. This can be a dangerous recipe for passionate teachers--particularly if those passionate people do not consciously enforce boundaries. 

Boundaries are what protect your incredible energy, creativity, and passion. They affirm that no one’s energy is infinite. They are a form of self-respect, self-care, and serve as a model for our students who watch how we operate in this busy world.

Here are a few common areas that teachers can strengthen their own boundaries and in turn, teach better and live happier:

Read the blog post here:

TEACHERVISION: Do you Need to Unplug?

NYPL Advocacy Letters

It's NYPL Advocacy time!

This time of year, the NYPL runs a campaign to urge city government to fund us. Having You can read all about the annual advocacy campaign here:
LAIR: Advocacy Resources

In some cases students might not want to write their address/contact info. I've been told by some branch managers that the staff will fill in the branch address. Check in with staff where you work, and be sure to give them the completed letters. It's a great way for our program to be good citizens of the NYPL.

These seem the most useful for us, you can access on LAIR:

Other Ways You Can Help

• Online Letters: Encourage patrons to spread the word among their friends and family about signing a letter in support of libraries. Online letters can be signed at nypl.org/speakout.
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• Online Sticky Notes: Anyone (including you!) can post a virtual sticky note about what libraries mean to them at notes.investinlibraries.org.
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• Social Media: See below to learn how you can engage your patrons through your social media channels. If you are sharing Advocacy content on social media, please use the hashtag #InvestInLibraries.

Letter-Writing Resources

Your branch has received a set of letters in English for adults and children, and if your branch requested them, adult letters in Spanish and Traditional Chinese. 

To download the adult letter in English, Spanish, French, both Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Russian, Bengali, and Arabic, or the kids letter in English, Spanish, or Traditional and Simplified Chinese, find your Council Member in the list below and click on the link.

Not sure who your Council Member is? Find out here: NYC.GOV: Council Members and Districts

St. Agnes ALC is actively getting letters signed!
(Robin Poley, Tom Wool, Maya Patel and ALC students) 

You can sign the letter YOURSELF here: https://www.nypl.org/speakout

CLASSROOM SHOWCASE

From Ivana Ferguson's WIOA class in Seward Park.  The lesson's theme: Leaders who are/were introverts. What an interesting topic!

From Sandra Ham:

Here are some pictures from the Literacy Review Event on Tuesday May 7th at NYU.

Carlos Sotolongo from Hudson Park 5/6 read his piece at the event.

Norie Nakashima (also from HP 5/6) and Christian Goldoni (TS 5/6) had pieces published in the Journal.

Congratulations to all!

MORE LITERACY REVIEW CELEBRATION PHOTOS COMING NEXT WEEK!


Please send me pictures, and be sure to include the branch name and level. I need them by the end of the business day on Wednesday. If I already have enough submissions for the week- that just means your pictures will be published the next week. Personally, I think the pictures that you share are the best part of the blog.

Thank you! elizabethschade@nypl.org

CALENDAR

May 17, 31: Grit Book Discussion (voluntary, online)
May 25-27: No classes, Memorial Day
June 4, 6, 11: NYC Public Schools closed
June 26: NYC Public Schools last day
June 30: Last day NYPL Spring 2019 Session

July 29-August 25: NYPL Summer 2019 Session
September 30-December 16: NYPL Fall 2019 Session

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

GOOGLE RESOURCES

27 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Google Sheets could do

There’s much more to Google Sheets than meets the eye. Unlock these advanced options–and watch your productivity soar.

Read the blog post here: fastcompany.com: Google Sheets

TEACHER HUB is a weekly blog of resources and information for instructors and staff of the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Literacy (ABE) programs of the New York Public Library in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island