http://www.eslteachertraining.com esl teacher training, english as a second language training for teachers Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:33:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Arizona public schools have struggled with how to pay for a new state program teaching immigrant students English, especially since districts requested around $300 million but received only $40 million. At Arizona's largest district, with 73,000 students, for example, Mesa Public Schools administrators received $1.8 million in state money for the ... http://www.eslteachertraining.com/2008/08/17/schools-struggle-to-afford-english-learner-programs/ Madera Madera is one of thousands of Lawrence High School alumni who have participated in the Accept the Challenge program at Merrimack. The program accepts freshmen and sophomore [tag]English-as-a-second-language students[/tag], who attend language skills classes two to four days a week after school in Lawrence. Merrimack students are paired up with ... http://www.eslteachertraining.com/2008/08/11/merrimack-college-program-gives-esl-students-success-skills/ Twelve years after arriving in Canada from Cambodia, Sorem Vann is starting to smile in English. Four years after arriving in Canada from Sudan, so is Parmino Pul. Well, they're starting to smile while speaking English. Yesterday, the two were among 13 employees to complete an English as a Second Language course ... http://www.eslteachertraining.com/2008/08/08/cargill-school-board-partners-in-esl-classes-for-employees/ As more and more students who are learning English as a second language show up in Roanoke schools, teachers and administrators are increasingly relying on summer classes like this one to help them master the language and the skills they will need during the school year. A few months ago, ... http://www.eslteachertraining.com/2008/08/04/program-helps-kids-learn-english/ Sibling rivalry doesn’t seem to be part of the picture as 17-year-old Milton Quinteros and 18-year-old Transito Quinteros work to improve their English this summer. The brother and sister, who moved here with their family from El Salvador about a year ago, consistently pair up during activities in their summer ... http://www.eslteachertraining.com/2008/08/01/summertime-studies-give-english-learners-sharper-skills/ A federal judge's ruling that Texas has failed its students with limited English skills is suddenly the most eagerly awaited document in educational circles. U.S. Senior District Judge William Wayne Justice's ruling, released Friday, tossed out his own judgment last summer that Texas was doing an adequate job of providing students ... http://www.eslteachertraining.com/2008/07/28/address-courts-ruling-on-bilingual-education/ Fareed Hamraqul and his family left Afghanistan, fleeing the Taliban for Uzbekistan in 1992. Then, five months ago, they left home amid more unrest, this time ending up in Philadelphia. Hamraqul, who will be a junior at Northeast High School in September, now spends sweltering summer mornings soaking up his ... http://www.eslteachertraining.com/2008/07/25/philadelphia-summer-program-helps-refugees-conquer-english/ Efforts to make English the official language of the United States received a boost this week when three members of Congress added their support as co-sponsors of H.R. 997, the English Language Unity Act. The affirmations by Rep. Henry Brown, Jr., Rep. Jack Kingston and Rep. Jon Porter push the ... http://www.eslteachertraining.com/2008/07/21/english-language-unity-act-gaining-congressional-support/ Democratic presidential candidate [tag]Barack Obama[/tag]'s recent comment that Americans should get their children to study Spanish or another second language has drawn an avalanche of criticism from English-only advocates and cable television anti-immigration zealots. But Obama couldn't have been more right. Whether it's Spanish, or other languages, Americans are way behind ... http://www.eslteachertraining.com/2008/07/18/barack-obama-contends-that-americans-need-to-master-a-second-language/ Did you hear the one about the guy who wrote a book of jokes to help Chinese learn English? That would be Gerry Haukebo. Haukebo, a Pelican Lake resident, has written jokes for the book Did You Hear the One About…Classic American Jokes that was then translated into Chinese. The book is ... http://www.eslteachertraining.com/2008/07/14/humor-bridges-language-barrier/