[NIFL-ESL:8952] RE: New from NCLE: an article on working with Linguistically and culturally diverse incarcerated youth

From: Elsa Auerbach (Elsa.Auerbach@umb.edu)
Date: Tue May 13 2003 - 08:37:41 EDT


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I was surprised to see that the important article by Kathy Boudin (1993, Harvard Ed Review) on prison lieracy education was omitted from this NCLE publication.  Her article challenges the deficit discourse that permeates so much of the prison education discourse.  It demonstrates that within seemingly insurmountalbe constraints, it is possible to create a powerful, engaging pedagogy which places inmates' realities and concerns at the center of the process.

Elsa Auerbach

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> From: 	Miriam Burt
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> The prison population is disproportionately younger, less educated, and more linguistically and culturally diverse than the rest of U.S. population. Many are parents. Most will return to the correctional system after release. 
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> Against the backdrop of this grim reality, what can an ESL teacher working with youth (ages 16-24) in correctional settings do to help them learn English and be less likely to return to the system?
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> Margo DelliCarpini, in her digest English Language Instruction for Incarcerated Youth http://www.cal.org/ncle/digests/incarcyouth.htm, discusses issues and challenges in providing English language instruction to linguistically and culturally diverse incarcerated youth and suggests best practices and models to provide intervention.  
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> If you would rather not download the digest from our Website, contact NCLE at ncle@cal.org, or at (202) 362-0700 (phone), extension 200; (202) 363-7204 (fax) and we'll send you a copy. 
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> Miriam
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> Miriam Burt
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