Acknowledgments
The authors and publisher would like to offer sincere thanks to our Series Consultants for lending their
expertise and insights and for helping shape the course.
Susan Gaer
Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education, Santa Ana, CA
Sarah Lynn
Harvard Bridge to Learning and Literacy Program, Cambridge, MA
In addition, we would like to express gratitude to the following people. Their kind participation was invaluable
to the creation of this program.
Consultants
Robert Breitbard
, Director of Adult & Community Education, Collier County Public Schools, Naples, Florida;
Ingrid Greenberg
,
Associate Professor, ESL, and Past-President, Academic Senate, Continuing Education,
San Diego Community College District, San Diego, California;
Vittoria G. Maghsoudi-Abbate
, Assistant
Director, Mt. Diablo Adult Education, Mt. Diablo USD, Concord, California;
Irina Patten
,
Lone Star
College-Fairbanks Center, Houston, Texas;
Maria Soto Caratini
,
Eastfield College DCCCD, Mesquite, Texas;
Claire Valier
,
Palm Beach County, Florida;
Jacqueline S. Walpole
, Director, Adult Education, Prince George’s
Community College, Largo, Maryland.
Reviewers
Eleanor Brockman-Forfang
,
Instructor, Special Projects (ESL), Tarrant County College, South Campus, Fort
Worth, TX;
Natalya Dollar
,
ESL Program Resource Coordinator, North Orange County Community College
District, Anaheim, CA;
Bette Empol
,
ESL, ABE, GED Prep and Bridge Coordinator, Conejo Valley Adult School,
Thousand Oaks, CA;
Mark Fisher
,
Lone Star College-Fairbanks Center, Houston, TX;
Ann Fontanella
,
ESL
Instructor, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA;
Ingrid Greenberg
,
Associate Professor, ESL,
and Past-President, Academic Senate, Continuing Education, San Diego Community College District, San
Diego, CA;
Janet Harclerode
, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA;
Laura Jensen
,
ESL Instructor, North
Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA;
Tommie Martinez
,
Fresno Adult School, Fresno, CA;
Suzanne L.
Monti
,
ESOL Instructional Specialist, Community College of Baltimore County, Continuing Education,
Baltimore, MD;
Kelly Nusz
, Carlos Rosario Charter School, Washington, D.C;
Irina Patten
,
Lone Star
College-Fairbanks Center, Houston, TX;
Ariel Peckokas
, Collier County Public Schools Adult Education,
Naples, FL;
Sydney Rice
,
Imperial Valley College, Imperial, CA;
Richard Salvador
, McKinley Community
Schools of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii;
Maria Soto Caratini
,
Eastfield College DCCCD, Mesquite, TX;
Patty
Swartzbaugh
, Nashville Adult Literacy Council, Nashville, TN;
Candace Thompson-Lynch
,
ESL Instructor,
School of Continuing Education, North Orange County Community College District, Anaheim, CA;
Esther M.
Tillet
, Miami Dade College-Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL;
Adriana Treadway
,
Assistant Director, Spring
International Language Center, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR;
Monica C. Vazquez
,
ESOL Adjunct
Instructor, Brookhaven College, DCCCD, Farmers Branch, TX.
Thanks also to the teachers who contributed their valuable ideas for the Persistence Activities:
Dave
Coleman
,
Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA;
Renee Collins
,
Elk Grove Adult and
Community Education, Elk Grove, CA;
Elaine Klapman
,
Venice Community Adult School, Venice, CA (retired);
Yvonne Wong Nishio
,
Evans Community Adult School, Los Angeles, CA;
Daniel S. Pittaway
, North Orange
County Community College District, Anaheim, CA;
Laurel Pollard
, Educational Consultant, Tucson, AZ;
Eden
Quimzon
, Santiago Canyon College, Division of Continuing Education, Orange, CA.
Special thanks also to
Sharon Goldstein
for her skilled writing of the pronunciation strand.
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