At our community-based adult ed program, ESL student recruitment is
(almost entirely) by word of mouth. Staff from other agencies have said
this, too. The result, of course, is that one first-language dominates
among the population we serve.

Another literacy program in the Lehigh Valley, finds a consistent
response to flyers (in several languages) hung up twice a year in scores
of local businesses and agencies. The agency's staff places the flyers
personally; they do not mail them to the sites.

Here's an insight from a program in NYC: Their students' first-nation
profiles closely follow the language capability of the program's office
staff, i.e. fluent Russian in the office results in Russian students. 

Judy Rittenhouse, Tutor Coordinator, ProJeCt of Easton, PA

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Subject: [EnglishLanguage 3150] Is there a study or site that has
researched how immigrants access information about available ELL
programs?
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Please bear with me, I am new to the list...
Dear Colleagues:
I am working with Community Based ESL and Literacy programs in NYC's
five boroughs.
My question to you is - has there been, or do you know of, a study or
site that has researched how immigrants (and others wanting to learn and
improve their English) access information about available programs and
information?
For instance, is it primarily through newspapers, flyers, radio,
television, internet, word-of-mouth?
I appreciate your sharing information and ideas in this inquiry. 

Laura Grulich


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