Crossroads Caf

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Crossroads Café
An Integrated Video and Print Series for ESL and
Literacy Instruction
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INTELECOM Adult Education Materials

• Contextual Relevant, Meaningful, Real Life
• Participatory Hands-On
• Self Directed, Self Paced
• Provides Immediate Feedback
• Provides Flexible Scheduling/Clear
  Responsibilities
• Convenient Learning Systems

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Instructional Design Criteria

• Engaging and Entertaining
• Interactive
• Participatory
• Flexible Design and Applications
• Addresses Different Learning Styles

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• ESL enrollments continue to outpace both
  ABE and ASE
• Up 57.7 nationally over 5 year period
  (1994-1998)
• Many others cannot attend classes

Crossroads Café MeetingPressingNeeds
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Collaborative Partners
VideoINTELECOM
Design FiscalCA, IL, NY, FL, INS, USIA
EvaluationU.S. Dept. of Education
PrintHeinle Heinle
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Materials
Worktexts Two BooksMulti Level Partner
Guide Transcripts Student Assessment Packages
Videos The Story Word Play Culture Clips
Support Videos Photo Stories Two Books Low
Beginner Level Teacher Resource Books
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• Crossroads CaféMaking a Difference Worldwide
• More than 5,000 sets in use across the U.S.
• Success across a range of adult and
  secondary education programs
• Airing in more than 50 countries worldwide

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ImplementationMeeting Learners Needs

• Distance Learning (Telecourse Model)Learner is
  in contact with an instructor as part of a formal
  course of study
• Classroom LearningLearner attends regular
  classes as part of an instructional program
• Independent LearningLearner is not connected
  with a formal educational program

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Delivery Options
Broadcast PBS Commercial(Public
Service) Non-Commercial(non-PBS)
Cable PEG Channels Public Educational
Government PBS Regional Cable Networks
Video Check-out or Classroom LEAs CBOs
Libraries Recreational Centers Community
Centers Workplace Purchase for Home Use
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• Range of Applications in Multi-level Programs
• ESL/ESOL - Beginning Low to Intermediate
  High
• Family Literacy
• Workplace ESL/Literacy
• ABE/ASE
• Basic Skills Literacy
• Citizenship

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Whos Using Crossroads Café?

• Adult Education Programs
• Business and Industry
• Libraries
• Even Start Programs
• Migrant Education Programs
• Correctional Institutions (Adult Juvenile)
• Middle and Secondary Schools
• Community Based Organizations

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• Family Literacy
• Correlated to EFF
• Parenting Life Skills
• Cultural Issues
• Positive Role Modeling
• Literary Skills (Reading, Writing,
  Conversation)

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• Workplace ESL/Literacy
• Café/Service Industry Setting
• Diversity
• Cultural Issues
• V-ESL Appropriate Workplace Skills
• Correlated to SCANS
• Positive Tone

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• Correlated to National Standards
• SCANS (Department of Labor)
• EFF (National Institute for Literacy)
• CASAS

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What Learners Are Saying Sometimes with other
books, you learn, but it is not how people are
talking. But with Crossroads Café, you get real
language. Crossroads Café is better than other
English programs. Im learning more. It is the
best for learning English. I can see, listen,
and repeat the sentences.
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Not every learner is at the same level of
English proficiency, yet I can use Crossroads
Café for a class of mixed-level
students. Crossroads Café covers reading,
writing and conversation. It covers it all! As
far as I am concerned, Crossroads Café is an
unqualified success.
FromtheField
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• Crossroads Café Video
• 26 Half-hour Episodes
• Drama Comedy
• Broadcast Quality
• VHS, S-VHS, 3/4, Beta SP
• Support Videos
• Promo Spots
• Award-winning

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Crossroads Café Print

• Photo Stories A B
• Worktexts A B
• Teacher Resource Books
• Partner (Tutor) Guide
• Assessment Packages
• Video Transcripts
• Blackline Masters

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Distance Education is defined as Instruction
occurring when the instructor and student are
physically separated by space or time, utilizing
various delivery methods.
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• Essential Componentsfor a Successful Distance
  Education Language Learning Program
• Practice communication outside the
  traditional classroom
• Video and print reinforce each other
• Institutional support
• Community and peer support