Teaching Basic Literacy to ESOL Learners - Success North Conference

5th June 2009

Efisia TranzaLLU+, London South Bank University

e.tranza@lsbu.ac.uk

• Agree a working definition of basic literacy in an ESOL context and consider:– who are learners with basic literacy needs, – why have a course to specifically focus on this group of

learners

• Increase awareness of the experience and the needs of learners with basic literacy needs and how this impacts on teaching basic literacy in ESOL

• Have an understanding of the Teaching Basic Literacy course offers

Objectives

Task: Talk to a partner about a learner you have taught with basic literacy needs.

Think about:- oral levels in English

- literacy skills in their home language

- range of literacy skills in English (reading and writing)

Basic Literacy in ESOL

Level of spoken communication and literacy

Literacy in L1 Literacy in English

Level of spoken communication

No

Yes

No

No

From beginners to advanced

From beginners to advanced

Skills involved in reading and writing

Assessing ESOL basic literacy learners

Reading development and reading process learning programme

Role of context

learner

Differentiation strategies

Teaching approaches – handwriting

Definition of basic literacy within ESOL

Dyslexia

Teaching approaches – phonics

Teaching approaches – composition

Teaching approaches – spelling