Thanks so much, Martha.  It's been a wonderful experience to participate in this discussion and be a part of this list.  You chose a wonderful and very stimulating topic and steered us through the week very adeptly.  It must have been a tremendous amount of work for you and your skill, knowledge and time are very much appreciated.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Martha Bigelow 
  To: 'The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List' 
  Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 4:35 PM
  Subject: [EnglishLanguage 3780] Thank you - great discussion!


  It's about quitting time on the east coast for Miriam Burt, so I'm writing to thank you all for a thoughtful and very interesting discussion this week.  Our conversations spanned many topics and tapped into a wide range of sensibilities and experiences related to English language learners who are so often neglected or underestimated.  I hope you feel that it was enriching and useful.  Perhaps you made new contacts and gathered new ideas that will help you with your work.  I sure did.   I wish you all the best.

   

  Martha Bigelow

  University of Minnesota

  Program in Second Languages and Cultures Education

  College of Education and Human Development  



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