Berkmar Middle School ESOL Workshop Oct, 19, :00 and 6:00 p.m. Presented by Melissa Martin Parent Instructional Support Coordinator Certified in ESOL, Spanish, Portuguese

English Classes Where are there English classes for adults? Gwinnett Tech Churches Schools Language Schools Latin American Association Gwinnett Public Library

Groups and Organizations (English, ESOL, ESL, Moms) Gwinnett Public Library: “Let’s Talk”  To practice English with other adults  Informal conversations  Variety of times/dates

Internet Sites for ESOL deos.html deos.html funland.com/teslact.html funland.com/teslact.html (look for “ESOL” o “ESL”)

Television Children’s educational programs Soap operas News NOTE: If your television can show closed captioning, you can read English while you watch your favorite programs.

Communication Practice your vocabulary out loud each day. Try to speak as much English as possible. Speak with different people in the community (For example: Go to a restaurant and order something in English.) **Note: Remember that you don’t have to speak perfectly to communicate!

Read in English Magazines Advertisements Newspapers Books Information on boxes or bottles Yellow Pages Lyrics while listening to music **Note: Read with your children—learn with and from them.

Set aside time in which everyone in the family speaks only in English. Write the names of objects on cards and place them throughout the house. Increase the minutes (until you are speaking English all day and eventually, all week) Speak English at Home

Resources in the Parent Center Videos: English Yes I can! Workbooks: Side by Side Dictionaries Books **Note: You can check out resources for up to two weeks using your child’s student number.

What do you need to learn English? English-(your language) dictionary and something to read Cards/Flashcards Recording equipment (tape recorder or VCR) Time: at least 20 minutes a day The desire to learn and practice Patience Good sense of humor about yourself

Only listen to English on the radio Listen for: Music and lyrics (print and follow) News Weather forecast Sports The Radio

Music Activity

Learning English through Music “Beautiful Day” by U2 The heart is a bloom, shoots up through stony ground But there's no room, no space to rent in this town You're out of luck and the reason that you had to care The traffic is stuck and you're not movin' anywhere You thought you’d found a friend to take you out of this place Someone you could lend a hand in return for grace It's a beautiful day, The sky falls and you feel like It's a beautiful day, Don’t let it get away You’re on the road but you’ve got no destination You’re in the mud, in the maze of her imagination You love this town even if that doesn’t ring true You’ve been all over and it’s been all over you

It's a beautiful day, Don't let it get away It's a beautiful day, Touch me, take me to that other place Teach me love, I know I’m not a hopeless case See the world in green and blue See China right in front of you See the canyons broken by cloud See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out See the bedouin fires at night See the oil fields at first light See the bird with a leaf in her mouth After the flood all the colors came out

It was a beautiful day Don't let it get away A beautiful day Touch me, take me to that other place Reach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case What you don’t have you don’t need it now What you don’t know you can feel it somehow What you don’t have you don’t need it now Don’t need it now It was a beautiful day

Vocabulary Activity Newspaper Highlighter marker Flashcards Dictionary (English-your language) Envelope (to store the cards)

BMS Parent Center Melissa Martin Open: 8:15-4:15 Monday-Friday