It is of interest to administrators and teachers as well as overseas advisors seeking to develop new programs that attract a different clientele. This presentation describes a community college's on-campus intensive summer ESOL program, started as a cooperative effort among the college, schools, social agencies, foundations, and corporate sponsors. CBI focuses on social studies. This hands-on interactive workshop trains teachers on methodology for incorporating cultural awareness and diversity into their classroom. The curriculum utilizes aspects of different cultures, including African American, Asian American, and Native American.
Activities involve reading excerpts, film clips, music, and group discussions.
Sample lessons and recommended resources are provided. This presentation outlines a thematically based sequence of tasks designed for college ESL writers, culminating in the drafting of a mini research paper. Working within a common content-based theme, students are introduced to all the steps necessary to produce a referenced paper, from searching library databases to final editing. The presenter provides the rationale, objectives and classroom activities outline together with a comment on some of the challenge and promises of this course. Back to the menu of content area program listings.