Resources for ESOL from Blue Ridge PBS

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Resources for ESOL from Blue Ridge PBS
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When Used Effectively

• Television is the worlds largest classroom.
• --Edward R. Murrow

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Childrens Programs

• Sesame Street
• Arthur
• Maya and Miguel
• Letter TV
• Between the Lions

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Sesame Streeton-air

• Teaches reading and language skills
• Celebrates diversity
• Each episode teaches a Spanish word of the day
• Multicultural characters

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Sesame Streeton-line

• Link for caregivers available in both
• English and Spanish
• http//pbskids.org/sesame/caregivers/spanish/index
  .html

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Arthur

• Geared for 4-8 year olds
• Fosters an interest in reading and writing and
  promotes positive social skills
• Animated program based on a book series about
  Arthur, an 8 year old aardvark
• Supported by an extensive Website

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Arthur Website

• Parent Guides available in both English and
  Spanish
• http//pbskids.org/arthur/parentsteachers/resource
  s/index.en.html?catindex.en
• Hooray for Health-a curriculum designed for
  teachers, after school providers and school
  nurses.
• Each unit explores a different childhood health
  topic
• Family activity sheets available in English,
  Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog and Vietnamese.
• http//pbskids.org/arthur/parentsteachers/lesson/h
  ealth/

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Maya and Miguel(on air)

• Targets children 6-11
• Designed to support English language acquisition
• Promotes a culturally diverse society
• Uses natural, conversational dialogue
• Reinforces meaning of dialogue with images and
  animation
• Each episode focuses on at least 3 vocabulary
  words

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Maya and Miguel(on-line)

• Gives children the opportunity for open-ended
  exploration of language-building activities
• Supports children of different levels of language
  abilities
• Children and parents can toggle between English
  and Spanish
• Contains a TV glossary

http//pbskids.org/mayaandmiguel/english/parentste
achers/site/philosophy.html http//pbskids.org/ma
yaandmiguel/english/tv/glossary/index.html
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Letter TV

• 26 five minute programs for Pre K-K
• Teaches the letters and sounds of the English
  alphabet
• Lively,colorful and appealing to young children

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• 55 thirty minute programs
• Pre-K to grade 2
• Variety of audio and visual techniques
• Focuses on
• Key words
• Word families
• Target vowels
• Sight words
• Vocabulary
• Phonic sounds and blends

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For Adolescents and Adults

• Programs to assist adults and teens who are
  developing English language skills.
• Helps ESL learners out of the corner of limited
  language skills

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Connect with English

• A continuing, high interest drama
• Video instructional series for ESL teens and
  adults
• 50 fifteen minute programs
• Deals with many of lifes important issues
• Dialogue is in English
• Dialogue is slowed down and subtly simplified
• Many visual clues
• http//www.learner.org/resources/series71.html

Karin Anglin as "Rebecca"
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• Nationally acclaimed
• Appropriate for ESL, adult literacy, and pre-GED
• 26 part series set in a city cafe
• Builds English language skills
• Deepens understanding of U.S. culture

http//www.ket.org/enterprise/esl/crossroads.htm
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GED Connections

• 39 episode series designed to help students
  prepare for the GED exam

http//www.ket.org/enterprise/gedprep/ged_connects
eries.htm
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Project Connect

• Website for ESL individuals enrolled in adult
  education
• Students can practice their English skills
• Students learn about working, studying and living
  in the U.S.
• Intended to be free for the teachers and students
  but the use of the site requires purchase of a
  license from KET
• http//pbslearnenglish.org/learn/page1.xml

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• On-line professional development system for adult
  education ESL teachers
• Prepares teachers to
• teach English to speakers of other languages
• enhance cross-cultural awareness
• integrate English literacy instruction and civics
  education
• www.pbs.org/civicslink.

• This does require the purchase of a license

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• offers most information in both English and
  Spanish
• informs parents about children's development from
  birth through the early school years
• contains fun, educational activities for children
• addresses school readiness and social and
  emotional development
• lists local PBS schedules
• posts information about your children's favorite
  PBS KIDS programs

http//www.pbs.org/parents
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PBS Teachers

• Curriculum materials using video/online resources
• Developed by outstanding, practicing educators
• Use the easy search engine to find lessons and
  activities for ESL

http//www.pbs.org/teachers/
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Blue Ridge PBS

• We are here to serve you!
• Call us toll free at 888 332 7788
• or
• Check us out on-line at www.blueridgepbs.org