ESL Message: Happy New Year from Around the Pacific!

Happy New Year from around the Pacific! May the year 2011 bring you many blessings filled with much love, joy, peace, and happiness!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! - English
Filis Añu Nuebo! – Chamorro
Feliz Año Nuevo! – Spanish
Engan ke ya sasu! - Kosraean
Gung Hay Fat Choy – Chinese
Ungil Beches Er Rak! – Palauan
Selsalan Ebéach e duw! – Yapese
Peren En Parakapw! – Pohnpeian
Hauoli Makahiki Hou – Hawaiian
Pwapwan Ei Ier Mi Fo – Chuukese
Sehe Bokmanee Bateuseyo! – Korean
Maligayang Bagong Taon – Tagalog
Cung-Chuc Tan-Xuan! – Vietnamese
Jeramman ilo iio in ekaal! – Marshallese
Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu – Japanese
Ameseighil ubwutiiwel Layúi Luugh me raagh féé! – Carolinian


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ESL Holiday Message

Happy Holidays! During the Holiday Season, let us continue to work together as a family to foster harmony in the community. Remember to share the joy of giving by doing random acts of kindness and celebrating diversity. In as many languages from around the world, we warmly wish you and your family a Very Merry Christmas:

MERRY CHRISTMAS! – English
Chamorro: Felis Pasgua!
Tagalog: Maligayan Pasko!
Chuukese: Pwapwan Kirisimas
Chinese (Cantonese): Gun Tso Sun Tan’Gung Haw Sun –Kung His Hsin Chinese (Mandarin): Nien Bing Chu Shen Tan
Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka
Japanese: Shinnen Omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Pohnpeian: Peren en Krismas
Marshallese: Monono ilo raaneoan Nejin
Carolinian: Ameseighil ubwutiiwel Layi Luugh me raagh fee
Kosraean: Tok Tapeng
Vietnamese: Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Palauan: Ungil Kurismas
Spanish: Felis Navidad!

ESL Feature: October IRA Newsletter

Click here to view the October 2010 Newsletter.

ESL Feature: September IRA Newsletter

In an attempt to promote literacy, the ESL teachers are pleased to share the International Reading Association (IRA), Guam Council September Newsletter.

Click here to view the September IRA newsletter! Enjoy!

ESL Feature: Hello Around the Globe

HELLO GREETING........ LANGUAGE

Hafa Adai…………………………Chamorro
Kumusta…………………………..Tagalog
Kaselehlie…………………………Pohnpeian
Ran Annim……………………....Chuukese
Tuwoh…………………………..….Kosraean
Mogethin……………………….….Yapese
Alii………………………………......Palauan
Yokwe…………………………....…Marshallese/Majel
Aloha…………………………... ...Hawaiian
Konnichiwa………………….…….Japanese
Anyounghaseyo…………..……..Korean
Ni hao………………………… ......Mandarin
Pengan………………………....……Taiwanese
Sawatdee……………………..…….Thai
Xin chao………………………...…..Vietnamese
Helo…………………………….....….Malaysian
Halo………………………….....…….Indonesian
Namaste……………………..……...Hindi

Snapshot of DEED ESL Project: Digital Storybook

Pictured above: Pinky Ecalnea is finalizing her digital storybook with Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera

In order to provide further enrichment to the DEED students, the ESL Coordinator/Teacher, Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera, volunteered her time and provided a digital storybook project. Digital storytelling is a means of narrative expression linked to traditions of narratives passed on from generation to generation. It serves as a way for us to tell our story by authentically expressing our thoughts, feelings, actions, and other details about ourselves, so that we can be empowered and share this enlightenment with others.

The goal of this project was to use digital storytelling to build schema of English Language Learners. This allowed the students to jumpstart reading comprehension. As a result, the students were able to develop literacy skills, increase retention, build technology skills, think critically, and increase their motivation to read.

ESL End-of-the-Year Poem

Please click on the image above to get a better view of special poem posted by ESL Coordinators/Webmasters Lois T. Gumataotao and Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera.

ESL Feature: April IRA Newsletter

Click here to view the April IRA newsletter! Enjoy!

ESL Feature: March IRA Newsletter

In an attempt to promote literacy, the ESL teachers are pleased to share the International Reading Association (IRA), Guam Council March Newsletter.

Click here to view the March IRA newsletter! Enjoy!

ESL - Increase Interaction

The following are some tips to keep in mind when instructing ELLs.




Reference:World View Conference. ESL Strategies for Success. Retrieved Feb. 28, 2010 from http://www.unc.edu/world/Fichter%20ESL%20Strategies%20for%20Success.pdf

ESL Feature: PBS Family of Effective Website Resources

PBS's trusted content reaches all of America's children - a diverse and growing audience. Because kids, parents, caregivers and educators access media in different ways with different needs, PBS offers a variety of resources online and over-the-air.

To further your child's development and encourage their growth through exploration and discovery in a safe environment, check out www.PBS.org.

PBS KIDS, URL: www.pbskids.org (2-5 year olds)
PBS KIDS GO!, URL: www.pbskidsgo.org (6-9 year olds)

The above websites offer access to all of PBS's children's series and Web-only games, activities, resources and streaming video, covering all curriculum areas with quick links to Parents and Teachers sections for each program.








PBS Parents, URL: www.pbs.org/parents

PBS Parents features extensive information about children's development from birth through the school years, as well as educational resources and activities for children to help get them ready for school.









PBS Teachers, URL: www.pbs.org/teachers

PBS Teachers is designed for PreK-12 educators and includes more than 9,000 local and national standards-based teaching activities, lesson plans, blogs, on-demand video assets and interactive games and simulations.







PBS TeacherLine, URL: www.pbs.org/teacherline

PBS TeacherLine offers PreK-12 teachers quality, affordable, and accessible professional development courses. It offers courses in critical curriculum areas, including reading, mathematics, science, instructional technology, curriculum mapping, and instructional strategies.


VISIT PBS GUAM AT www.pbsguam.org TO LEARN MORE!

Source: PBS Guam

ESL Feature: February IRA Newsletter

In an attempt to promote literacy, the ESL teachers are pleased to share the International Reading Association (IRA), Guam Council February Newsletter.

Click here to view the February IRA newsletter! Enjoy!

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ESL Greetings

Happy New Year!

Biba Anu Nuebo (Chamorro)

Maligayang Bagong Taon (Tagalog)

Pwapwan Ei Ier Mi Fo (Chuukese)

Jeramman ilo iio in ekaal (Marshallese)

Parakapw Mwahu (Pohnpeian)

Ameseighil ubwutiiwel Layui Luugh me raagh fee (Carolinian)

Engan ke ya sasu (Kosraean)

Selsalan Ebeach e duw (Yapese)

Ungil Becheserrak (Palauan)

Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu (Japanese)

Feliz Ano Nuevo (Spanish)

Hau'oli Makahiki Hou (Hawaiian)

Sut dal kum mum (Korean)

Gung Hay Fat Choy (Chinese)

Chúc Mung Nam Moi (Vietnamese)

May the year 2010 bring you abundant blessings filled with much love, joy, peace, and happiness!