Dear LINCS Community members,
We are pleased to announce the addition of Staying Healthy for Beginners: An English Learner’s Guide to Health Care and Healthy Living to the LINCS Resource Collection. This publication is comprised of a teacher guide and student guide that when used together help enhance students’ understanding of health information while improving their English language and literacy skills at the same time.
The new Teacher Guide includes lesson and activity ideas for incorporating health content into the classroom, and the Student Guide provides learners with an introduction to important health information and related vocabulary.
By providing students with important information on health and nutrition, we help to increase their ability to communicate about health issues and extend their access to health care services. You can find the updated Staying Healthy for Beginners Teacher Guide at: http://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/StayingHealthyTeacherGuide2014.pdf and access the Student Guide through the Florida Literacy Coalition’s (FLC) website here.
While the 2008 publication written by FLC contained information specific to Florida’s English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) content standards and health care system, this 2014 update does not contain state-specific references and can be used and individualized by any program or instructor to suit their purposes. Also, it expands the intended audience from intermediate level English language learners to high beginning level EL learners.
We hope you and your students find these materials helpful! If you have any questions please contact us.
Regards,
The LINCS Community Team