Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id iB1JxSF25108; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 14:59:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 14:59:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <002001c4d7df$b32b8870$e2c8fea9@Kim> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Literacy Works" <reading@bcpl.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10611] RE: ESL learners and health X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2522 Lines: 63 cannot download the report. any suggestions. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miriam Burt" <miriam@cal.org> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 5:46 PM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10607] RE: ESL learners and health > Kate (and others): > > There is a new report (August 2004) from Educational Testing Service > (ETS) that looks at info from the National Adult Literacy Survey > (NALS)and the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) and > "identifies...the health-related literacy skills of U.S. adults and > finds marked differences among adults based on their education, age, > wealth, and country of birth." The report is call "Literacy and Health > in America" and it's written by Rima Rudd of the Harvard School of > Public Health, and Irwin Kirsch and Kentaro Yamamoto of ETS. The authors > have created a Health Activities Literacy Scale (HALS) that identifies > and places health-related skills on a scale composed of 5 levels of > health literacy. > > You can download the report at the ETS Web site at www.ets.lrg/research > > Miriam > *********** > Miriam Burt > Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA) > Center for Applied Linguistics > Washington, DC > > -----Original Message----- > From: nifl-esl@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-esl@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of kate > singleton > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 4:32 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10606] ESL learners and health > > Hello. > I will soon be presenting a workshop on health literacy concerns of > adult immigrants and their families to an audience of public health > workers, medical school faculty, and adult educators. I would like to > share with them stories from ESL classes about learners' health and > health care experiences and concerns. I'm not currently in the > classroom --- I would love to hear from teachers who are. Does anyone > have any stories from learners about health issues that they would like > to share? Or health-related learning activities that were particularly > well-received by learners? > > Also, I would love to hear feedback from folks who have used some > web-based materials I've made: Picture Stories for Adult ESL Health > Literacy and the Fairfax County, VA, EL/Civics Curriculum health > materials. If you have used them and would like to share your comments, > would you please write to me off-list at katesingleton@cox.net? > > Thanks very much. > > Kate Singleton > Falls Church, VA > > >
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