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item	Reality English for ESL: Bringing the community into your classroom.
contact	Pamela Rogers (Phoenix College) pamela.rogers@pcmail.maricopa.edu
credits	Pamela Rogers, ESL Residential Faculty Jeff Eldot, ESL FIPP Faculty Nancy Matte, English Department Chair
college(s)	Phoenix College
discipline(s)	English, ESL
summary	This program is a new instructional approach bringing the community into the classroom by using on-sight tours, hands-on experiences and guest speakers. There is no such program being used at Phoenix College or Maricopa for ESL. As these reality-based experiences occur, they will be recorded for future ESL classes.
details	(This initiative is Phoenix College's 2005 Innovation of the Year.) This project encompasses researching various Phoenix resources regarding contemporary living skills which are being infused into existing curriculum competencies and class outlines for beginning/intermediate and advanced Listening and Speaking ESL classes. Ms. Rogers and Mr. Eldot are coordinating activities with community content experts and determining the best venture for delivering their information. Options include, but are not limited to, on-sight tours, in-class speaker presentations, and interactive student activities. Information regarding life skills pertinent to successful living in the Phoenix area (such as obtaining insurance and licenses, banking, applying for jobs and loans, buying a car, and obtaining housing) is evaluated. During the second part of the of the project, these new materials and guest speakers are organized and incorporated into course content to improve the reality context of ESL conversation courses. Once these activities are recorded, they are available to all Phoenix College listening and speaking class instructors and other ESL departments district-wide. One example of a presentation and recording that has already occurred is Designer/Architect Michael Rumpeltin’s "Utopia and City Planning" presentation for an advanced course unit on Urban Planning. Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback via the comments form below.
web links	http://www.pc.maricopa.edu/englishhumanities/esl/ English as a Second Language at Phoenix College http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/innovate/ Maricopa Community Colleges Innovation of the Year Program
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extra	Last modified: Mar-28-2005 Date created: Mar-02-2005 Visitor count: 3725 Dublin Core Metadata record This package is included in the Innovation of the Year Awards 2005 special collection.