English as a Second Language (ESL) Material

[Squire Robertsson]

Does any one know of a source for "good" ESL material? I know I can find secular stuff. But, if some one has developed material from a Christian perspective so much the better.

 

[PastorGreg]

I have some stuff that I used in China this summer. Don't remember who put it together, though, but I can check into it for you.

 

[El_Guero]

There used to be a system built around the book of Mark.

It was SBC in origin, but I am not sure who the publisher was.

 

[SaggyWoman]

You might want to contact www.namb.org to see what they use.

also, http://www.theedgeenglishinstitute.org/ does a form of ESL.

 

[Squire Robertsson]

Saggy, the namb address sent me to the National Association of Brokers site. Unless you know something about them I don't.

 

[Salty]

Try NAMB.NET . I doubled checked and it does work. Wow I did my good deed for the week

Salty

 

[SaggyWoman]

lol.
NAMB.net.

I think it is through them, or maybe you could email a request to language consultants.

 

[rmered]

Squire,
Ed and Dorothy Woods with Continental Baptist Missions have a program from a Christian perspective. Their email is eddotwoods@juno.com
Bob

 

[Mexdeaf]

The best program is from LEI- Literacy and Evangelism, International. They used to have a web page but can't find it right now, here is some other info...

http://members.tripod.com/jrmeads_515/lei.htm

Literacy & Evangelism International, John C Taylor, Dir, 1800 S Jackson Ave, Tulsa, OK 74107- 1897; Ph: 918-585-3826; Fax: 918-585-3224; ECFA, EFMA; Interdenom, Intermission; Teaches non-readers (half the world), Christian/non-Christian, to read Scripture; Teaches Christians to witness Christian faith/life; Literacy for church planting; Fnded 1967.

They also offer a training program and it is excellent!

(And no, I don't work for them, I just went through the training and have been very impressed with the results.)

 

[Squire Robertsson]

Thanks for all of your leads. I will be following up on them. What's happening is I teach the Russian Bible Class in our Adult Sunday School program. These folks have a bare working knowledge of English. However, because Russian is so highly inflected (think NT Greek) they are scared of making a mistake in English grammar. Easy to do in Russian , harder to do in English. So, I amj taking a few minutes at the start of class and clarify in their minds something simple like

The basic order of an English sentence: Subject-Verb-Direct\Indirect Object\Subjective Compliment rarely changes.

Now, it's on to adjectives and adverbs.