1 / 6

Fostering Financial Literacy in the ESL Classroom Using New Media Tools

Fostering Financial Literacy in the ESL Classroom Using New Media Tools. KQED Education Network. Funded by CPB. PUBLIC MEDIA INNOVATION FUND 6 month project from September 2009 - January 2010. Goals of the project. To develop a financial literacy curriculum targeting ESL learners

brygid
Download Presentation

Fostering Financial Literacy in the ESL Classroom Using New Media Tools

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Fostering Financial Literacy in the ESL Classroom Using New Media Tools KQED Education Network

  2. Funded by CPB PUBLIC MEDIA INNOVATION FUND 6 month project from September 2009 - January 2010

  3. Goals of the project • To develop a financial literacy curriculum targeting ESL learners • To develop a curriculum that addresses differing needs and levels of proficiency in English • To increase adult ESL students’ understanding of key financial and economic concepts • To develop adult ESL students’ verbal and written English, especially around financial literacy vocabulary and ideas • To enhance students’ capacity for financial planning and decision-making

  4. Using New Media Tools • To use online new media resources from PBS/KQED/NPR to enrich the curriculum and make difficult concepts more accessible • To develop ESL teachers’ confidence in teaching financial literacy using multimedia tools.

  5. Curriculum Team ESL Instructors from • City College of San Francisco • The English Center in Oakland • Chabot College

  6. Fostering Financial Literacy in the ESL Classroom Using New Media Tools http://www.kqed.org/financialliteracy

More Related