Understanding and improving oral language proficiency in adult ESL

Michelle Ueland - Sarah Young, Center for Applied Linguistics, University of New Mexico
Poster: A
Convention Center 104 & 105
2:15 – 3:45 p.m.
Participants will view video benchmark examples of adult ESL learners at varying levels of oral proficiency. Links will be made to classroom activities that promote oral communication based on principles of second language acquisition involving interaction, negotiation, vocabulary, listening comprehension, organization and elaboration of thoughts, and comprehensibility.