Educator Portal · Mentor Christine Powers

Current position: ESOL coordinator, co-director, and ESOL teacher Location: Center for Adult Learning, Manchester E-mail: cpowers26@comcast.net

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)—all levels
• Workplace ESOL
• Citizenship
• Multi-level classes
• Coping with open enrollment

WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE

• Teaching on a Shoestring!
  No books? No funds? Let's take a look at what you have on your shelves and how they can be creatively recycled, as well as ideas on how to use free resources available in the community.
• Listen-Speak-Read-Write
  Multi-level lessons to keep a mixed level class working on the same topic. Can be geared to a specific topic or grammar point if requested.
• Get Your Students up and Talking
  Suggestions on how to get your students to talk with each other to practice their new language.
• Pictures in the ESOL Classroom
  Ideas on where to find pictures and what you can do with them.
• Ice Breakers and Warm-ups
  Get your students to relax, laugh, and be ready to learn.
• EL/Civics
  Suggestions on texts available and ways to help prepare your students for the Citizenship Test and to become more involved in their new community.
• Writing
  Ways to encourage your students to feel comfortable and want to write.
• Listening
  They can hear you, but are they listening?
• Reading
  Suggestions for materials to choose to increase the desire to read.