You need to register, I think.  I did and I had no problem.

Nicole B. Graves
The Center for New Americans
Amherst, Northampton, Greenfield, MA
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: cathy Shank 
  To: 'The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List' 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 1:56 PM
  Subject: [EnglishLanguage 3117] Re: Free Website to Help Immigrants LearnEnglish http://www.usalearns.org/


  I cannot get into this website.  The main page comes up, but none of the buttons work.

   

  Cathy Shank

   

  Phone:  1-800-257-3723 ext. 112 or 304-766-7655 ext. 112

  Fax: 304-766-7915

  Email: cshank at access.k12.wv.us

   

   

  From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Talia Kowitt
  Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:01 PM
  To: 

   

  http://www.usalearns.org/

   

   

   

  http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/news_events/11-07-08.html

   

        FOR RELEASE:
        November 7, 2008
       Contact: Samara Yudof or
        Jim Bradshaw 
                        (202) 401-1576         
        Department of Education
       

   
  USALearns.org Could Help As Many As 11 Million Limited-English Adults

  The U.S. Department of Education today launched U.S.A. Learns, a free Web site to help immigrants learn English. The Web site, which is located at www.USALearns.org, provides approximately 11 million adults who have low levels of English proficiency with easily accessible and free English language training.

  "America's limited-English adults will now have readily available materials to improve their literacy and help them become more productive workers, better parents, engaged community members and active citizens," said Troy Justesen, assistant secretary for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education.

  Launch of the site completes one of the goals in President Bush's Aug. 10, 2007, announcement of 26 immigration reforms that his Administration would pursue within existing law -- including the assimilation of new citizens and helping immigrants learn English to expand their opportunities in America. Recognizing that "[k]nowledge of English is the most important component of assimilation" and "an investment in tools to help new Americans learn English will be repaid many times over," the Administration pledged to launch a free, Web-based portal to help immigrants learn English.

  U.S.A. Learns offers the following features:

  ·         An easily accessible Internet learning tool;

  ·         Simple directions;

  ·         Free instructional materials developed to teach basic English skills and help adults improve their English proficiency; and

  ·         Learning modules that can be used outside a traditional classroom

  Upon entering the site, users can choose directions in either English or Spanish and then pick which English level they need -- beginner or intermediate. Once in the modules, the instruction is almost exclusively in English. In the beginner course, 20 units are offered in such areas as numbers, the calendar, places to go, families, schools, clothes, money and shopping. For intermediate students, more challenging exercises can help them further their existing English reading and writing skills. 

  The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy documented that as many as 11 million adults in the U.S. are not literate in English. Currently, local and state providers have the ability to serve only approximately one million of those learners annually, prompting the need for a Web site of this kind to offer to adults seeking easily accessible English literacy training. 

  The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education, through its Division of Adult Education and Literacy, oversaw the design of U.S.A. Learns. Core funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Education. The University of Michigan and Sacramento County Office of Education assisted the U.S. Education Department in the development of the U.S.A. Learns Web site. The site uses materials previously developed with public funds. 

  In addition, the U.S. Department of Education plans to invite proposals from outside entities to take over the adult literacy portal in the future.

    a.. To view a fact sheet on U.S.A. Learns, visit http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/publications/pdf/USALearnsFactSheet08.pdf 
    b.. U.S. Department of Education Press Release 


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