ESL for Parents of Elementary School Children: English Skills to Advocate for Your Child's Success
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 158
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 158
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The goal of this book is to help English-learning parents become effective advocates for their children. The content has been arranged around tasks that will help parents not only to interact with school staff and teachers but also to engage in their children’s education. Each chapter includes intermediate-to-advanced listening, speaking, reading and writing lessons within the context of an American elementary school, covering a wide range of topics including: school policies, supporting reading and math skills, teacher conferences, Common Core, and standardized testing. Grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation items relevant to school-related tasks also appear in each chapter.
When possible, real-life texts have been included, and links to websites relevant to the K-12 educational system can be found throughout the book. The audio tracks can be easily accessed by scanning the QR codes in each unit.
The authors hope this book will help empower English-learning parents to develop their communication skills so that they can become active members of their school communities and confidently claim their agency in supporting their children’s education.
Scope and Sequence
CASAS Content Standards
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UNIT 1 Connecting With Others to Help Your Child Succeed
UNIT 2 Discovering School Policies and Expectations
UNIT 3 Encouraging Positive Reading Habits
UNIT 4 Making the Most of Parent-Teacher Conferences and Report Cards
UNIT 5 Helping Your Child With Common Core Math
UNIT 6 Getting Involved Beyond the Classroom
UNIT 7 Preparing Your Child for a Test-Driven System
Audio Scripts
Having arrived in the U.S. as an 11-year-old with no English skills, Marely Cervantes worked hard and eventually managed to attend UCLA and receive a Bachelor's Degree in English and a Master's of Science in Education with an emphasis in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from California State University, Fullerton. She has been teaching ESL since 2006. In 2017, she helped design the English Language Learning (ELL) Program at Orange Coast College, which offers free English classes to adult learners.
Savyonne Steindler earned her BA in Cultural Anthropology and Jewish Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an MS in TESOL at California State University, Fullerton. She has volunteered teaching EFL and health education, spending the most time in Gondar, Ethiopia. She currently teaches noncredit ESL at Irvine Valley College and Orange Coast College. She has served in many roles for the CATESOL Orange County Board, including as Coordinator during the 2019-2020 school year.