Resources

Digests

The following digests were developed to provide information about instruction for adults learning English as a second language (ESL) and address such topics as assessment and evaluation, professional development, improving language skills, ESL methods and approaches, program design, and workplace and vocational ESL.

The digests are categorized by these topics below (some digests are listed under more than one category):



Assessment and Evalulation

Adult ESL Learner Assessment: Purposes and Tools

Assessing Workplace Performance Problems: A Checklist

Evaluating Workplace ESL Instructional Programs

Issues in Accountability and Assessment for Adult ESL Instruction

Needs Assessment for Adult ESL Learners

Valid, Reliable, and Appropriate Assessments for Adult English Language Learners

 

Culture, Specific Populations, and Language

Adult ESL Learners with Special Needs: Learning from
the Australian Perspective

Cross-Cultural Issues in Adult ESL Literacy

ESL Instruction and Adults with Learning Disabilities

ESL Instruction for Learning Disabled Adults

ESL Language Instruction for Incarcerated Youth

ESL Literacy For a Linguistic Minority: The Deaf
Experience

Growing Old in America: Learning English Literacy in
Later Years

Health Literacy for Adult English Language Learners

Mental Health and the Adult Refugee: The Role of the
ESL Teacher

Myths About Language Diversity and Literacy in the
United States

Refugees as English Language Learners: Issues and Concerns

Social Identity and the Adult ESL Classroom

Trauma and the Adult English Language Learner

Valuing Diversity in the Multicultural Classroom

 

Methods and Approaches

Critical Literacy for Adult English Language Learners

Current Concepts and Terms in Adult ESL

Dialogue Journals: Interactive Writing to Develop
Language and Literacy

The Freirean Approach to Adult Literacy Education

The Language Experience Approach to Adult Literacy Education

A Learner-Centered Worker Education Program

Multiple Intelligences: Theory and Practice in Adult ESL

Numeracy in the Adult ESL Classroom

Philosophies and Approaches in Adult ESL Literacy Instruction

Poetry in the Adult ESL Classroom

Project-based Learning for Adult English Language
Learners

Teaching Low-Level Adult ESL Learners

Teaching Multilevel Adult ESL Classes

Using Multicultural Children's Literature in Adult ESL Classes

Using Music in the Adult ESL Classroom

Using Software in the Adult ESL Classroom

Using the World Wide Web with Adult ESL Learners

Using Video with Adult English Language Learners

Working With Literacy-Level Adult English Language Learners

 

Professional Development

The Adult ESL Teaching Profession Today

Adult Literacy Practitioners as Researchers

Beginning to Work with Adult English Language
Learners: Some Considerations

Creating a Professional Workforce in Adult ESL Literacy

Cross-Cultural Issues in Adult ESL Literacy

ESL Instruction and Adults with Learning Disabilities

Mental Health and the Adult Refugee: The Role of the
ESL Teacher

Online Professional Development for Adult ESL
Educators

Reflective Teaching Practice in Adult ESL Settings

Teaching Low-Level Adult ESL Learners

Teaching Multilevel Adult ESL Classes

Trends in Staff Development for Adult ESL

Video-Based Distance Education for Adult English
Language Learners

Working With Literacy-Level Adult English Language Learners

 

Program Design

Citizenship Preparation for Adult ESL Learners

Civics Education for Adult English Language Learners

English as a Second Language in Volunteer-Based
Programs

English Language Instruction for Incarcerated Youth

Family and Intergenerational Literacy in Multilingual Communities

A Learner-Centered Worker Education Program

Library Literacy Programs for English Language Learners

Multiple Intelligences: Theory and Practice in Adult ESL

Native Language Literacy and Adult ESL Instruction

Outreach and Retention in Adult ESL Literacy Programs

Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Workplace ESL Programs

Transitioning Adult ESL Learners to Acadmic Programs

Using Volunteers as Aides in the Adult ESL Classroom

 

Second Language Acquisition

Health Literacy for Adult English Language Learners

Improving Adult ESL Learners' Pronunciation Skills

Improving Adult ESL Learners' Speaking Skills

Improving ESL Learners' Listening Skills: At the
Workplace and Beyond

Improving ESL Learners' Writing Skills

Reading and Adult English Language Learners: The Role
of the First Language

Reading and the Adult ESL Learner

Second Language Acquisition in Adults: From Research
to Practice

Using Multicultural Children's Literature in Adult ESL Classes

 

Technology

Finding and Evaluating Adult ESL Resources on the
World Wide Web

Online Professional Development for Adult ESL Educators

Using Software in the Adult ESL Classroom

Using the World Wide Web with Adult ESL Learners

Using Video with Adult English Language Learners

Video-Based Distance Education for Adult English
Language Learners

 

Workplace ESL

Assessing Workplace Performance Problems: A Checklist

English that Works: Preparing Adult English Language Learners for Success in the Workforce and Community

Evaluating Workplace ESL Instructional Programs

Improving ESL Learners' Listening Skills: At the
Workplace and Beyond

Integrating Employment Skills into Adult ESL
Instruction

Issues in Improving Immigrant Workers' English
Language Skills

A Learner-Centered Worker Education Program

Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Workplace ESL Programs

Selling Workplace ESL Instructional Programs

Union-Sponsored Workplace ESL Instruction

Workplace ESL Instruction: Varieties and Constraints

Workplace Literacy Programs for Nonnative English
Speaker