Haitian+Creole+Students

Class Materials:

This page's objective is to provide tutors with "tutor ready" material for use with their Haitian Creole student(s). Just click on the link, download toc the PDF file and print. Some of the topics will provide Haitian Creole translations and a few will have no translations.

The page Table of Contents TOC) will list the topics that will be linked to PDF files on the material.

=Beginning Students:= = = For beginning Haitian students (Literacy and Level 1), you should use the "tutor ready" material called the "Beginning Series" together with other tutoring material such as Expressway 1, or English No Problem, or Step-by-Step, or Oxford Picture Dictionary (OPD) along with their Beginning Workbook, or other similar material. Beginning Students = = = = =Verbs:=

This is a set of seven PDF files to help students, at any level, become more proficient in the use of English verbs. These files fall into two groups. Ones with Haitian Creole translations, and ones without translations. The files include:


 * An Overview of Topics
 * Verbs, Nouns & Pronouns - Hints & Tips
 * How To Use English Verbs
 * 250 Most Common English Verbs
 * Most Frequently Used English Verbs - Rank Order
 * Irregular English Verbs
 * Pronouncing "ED" Past Tense Verbs
 * Rules for Verbs
 * Expressing the Negative



=First 3+ Lesson Plans:=

For Literacy Level and Level 1 students, this PDF file give a new tutor sample lesson plans for their first three plus meetings with their student(s). It gives the tutor an easy way to start by selecting from different tutoring materials that are available in the LVCC library. These lesson plans may also be useful for tutors with Level 2, 3, or 4 students.



=Student Maps: =

This PDF file contains three maps that may be helpful to your student(s). There is a map of the state of Florida, one of the United States (change printer to landscape mode), and a world map (also landscape mode.) All the maps are in color.



=7 Tips For Haitian English Speakers:=

Information about the most common mistakes made by Haitian Creole speakers and ways to improve.

=Top 100 English Words: =

A study by Oxford shows the most common words in English. This list can provide the words that students should learn early in their English studies. It also includes the Haitian Creole phonetic pronunciation of most of the words on the lists.

=English Word Categories w/Phonetic Pronunciation:=

The PDF document contains eleven (15) categories of common English words together with the Haitian Creole phonetic pronunciation, and Haitian translations. The categories include months, family members, parts of the body, house and furniture, food and drink, weather, clothing & jewelry, money, questions, pronunciation practice, pronouns, numbers, most common words in English, and irregular English verbs.

=English-Haitian Creole Phrasebook:=

This book includes common phrases in both Haitian Creole and English, as well as two simple dictionaries of English words with Haitian translations, and Haitian words with English translations.

=Thanksgiving Classes: =

This "classroom ready" Thanksgiving PDF file consists of 18 pages with many pages containing __**color **__ pictures. The material usually takes two class sessions to cover. 