Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eBB6KJ925513; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 01:20:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 01:20:19 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <003101c0633a$acd272e0$7a4cef9b@betsy> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Betsy Alkenbrack" <betsy@global.co.za> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:320] Re: Trauma and the Adult English Language X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2178 Lines: 55 Dear Janet, Thanks for your email, but I think you have the wrong Betsy (see below). Hope you are well, anyway. Betsy ALKENBRACK. -----Original Message----- From: Janet Isserlis <Janet_Isserlis@Brown.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Date: Saturday, December 09, 2000 7:27 PM Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:318] Re: Trauma and the Adult English Language >Betsy > >Thanks very much for sharing your observations and experience around >issues of trauma and its impacts on learning, and especially for >calling attention to the fact that harassment in many forms is indeed >a form of violence of its own. > >I agree with you completely - the issue does not affect only >immigrant learners; the focus of the digest was on immigrant >learners per the request of NCLE, which addresses learning issues for >ESOL learners/educators. > >Thank you, though, for emphasizing that violence in all its forms >affects all of us, and for making visible another insidious form of >harm in harassment. > >best, > >janet > >>Please forgive me for being so slow, but I just read Janet Iserlis's >>digest, "Trauma and the Adult English Language Learner" recommended by >>Barbara Garner last August. Janet's observations are very much on the >>mark, useful and within the reach of most adult educators. >> >>The only thing I can add is that what she says about violence applies >>beyond the immigrant community and is not just an issue for women and >>children. I have a daughter who suffered severe harassment in >>elementary school. How I wish she had a teacher who had understood >>Janet's section on "implications for practice". Teachers who work with >>learners of any age and from any kind of background will eventually >>encounter the effects of violence. This is most especially true for >>adult educators. All of us need to know how to assist our students in >>contacting appropriate resources. Those of us who are willing and able >>to confront the issue in the sensitive, courageous ways Janet recommends >>will have a much richer experience of teaching and learning. >> >>Betsy Cornwell >>West Paris Family Learning Project >>West Paris, Maine >
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