 Re: I am such a new ESL teacher that I don't know what to ask
I agree that your school principal, the previous ELL teacher or some curricular director at your school SHOULD be able to direct you to an acceptable and useful curriculum.
Barring that, and I KNOW from experience that if the district/school has been unused to having ELL students, they may not be prepared at all.
I was in this situation last year. No curriculum, a minimum of texts and materials available, and no one who had a clue what an ELL classroom should consist of.
If you are at your wit's end, try Longman Publishing's website and see if you can obtain money to purchase their books/curriculum. I do NOT work for them, and I am sure there are other good publishers around, but I have found their materials really, really helpful. It's a start.
I hope you are doing ok!
Last edited by yekdeli : Sep 8th, 2009 at 08:02 pm.
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