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
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