Barbara Al-Sabek

Henry Barnard School (HBS) 219 (401) 456-8018 balsabek@ric.edu

Presentations and Publications

Summer 2010 Improving Student Persistence at the Genesis Center, with Nancy Fritz
Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, Volume 4, Number 2, Summer 2010

May 2011 Integrating Workforce Readiness into the ESOL Classroom
Adult Education Conference, Providence, RI

May, 2010 Teaching Alphabetics
Ninth Annual Adult Education Conference, Providence, RI

November, 2009 Pronunciation Basics
Teacher Training – Rhode Island Works Instructors, Providence, RI

October, 2009 Health Literacy and More – A Comprehensive Health Program in a Community-Based Agency
New England Regional Minority Health Conference, Providence, RI

October, 2008 Persistence Strategies for Adult ESOL
Rhode Island Adult Education Persistence Conference, Providence, RI

May, 2008 Simplified Input for ESOL Instruction
Seventh Annual Adult Education Conference, Warwick, RI S

May, 2007 Analyzing Errors in an Inter-language System
Sixth Annual Rhode Island Adult Education Conference, Warwick, RI.

May, 2006 Teaching Pronunciation to Adult English language Learners
Fifth Annual Rhode island Adult Education Conference, Warwick, RI

Academic Background

Masters of Education, Teaching English as a Second Language, Rhode Island College, 1994

Bachelors of Arts, History/Political Science, Rhode Island College, 1988