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New Teacher with a Serious Problem

Mar 27, 2021

I just recently graduated with a BA and am a brand-spanking new TESOL instructor. Due to some pretty wild changes at the university where I work, I'm being asked to help design a curriculum for 150+ of our facilities staff (groundskeepers, housekeepers, electricians, plumbers, etc.) who are mostly older adults and all speak Spanish as a first language.

The idea is for them to demonstrate a functional level of proficiency in order to use a new electronic communication system to be implemented by the university. As such, I'd imagine the curriculum should reflect practical learning goals to be used in task-specific circumstances. We have until July 31st to work with the incoming students, so any goals must work within a certain time-frame.

My biggest concern is that I have very little experience to begin with, let alone working with adults. In addition, some of the students we tested demonstrate very low literacy levels in their first language. Are there any more experie...See More

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