Hello, all. 

	 
	     I attended  the annual Teachers of English for Speakers of
Other Languages (TESOL) Convention in  Denver last week  (March 24- 28)
and  found the following to be themes related to working with adult
English language learners :  

					Promoting transitions from ABE
to ESL, workplace preparation, and college and university (including
creating partnerships such as co-teaching with content teachers in
community colleges)

					Creating career pathways, and
developing partnerships with other service providers to help English
language learners enter and move through career pathways 

					

					Health care issues for English
language learners - both as consumers and as a possible career 

					Developing reading and writing
ability and assessing writing development; the need for reading and
writing assessments that can be used with adult learners at higher
levels than are available now 

					Improving English language
learners' pronunciation skills

					Use of learner stories to
facilitate learners' speaking and writing development

					Issues around culture and
language
				

		                              EL/Civics and immigration
updates 

		                             Building capacity for
providing effective instruction in communities with emerging English
language populations 

		Before it gets too much later, I would like to invite
folks who attended the conference to share on this list any information
they found particularly interesting, talk about any themes they felt
were there, or give information about worthwhile presentations they
attended (or facilitated!)  What did I leave out? What were some of your
impressions of the state of the field of instruction for adult English
language learners? What was the buzz? What's hot? What's not?

		Looking forward to hearing from you.  

		Thanks.

		Miriam 

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		Miriam Burt

		Center for Applied Linguistics
		4646 40th Street NW
		Washington, DC 20016
		(202) 362-0700, ext. 556 (phone)
		(202) 363-7204 (fax) 
		mburt at cal.org <mailto:mburt at cal.org>  (email)

		 

		 

		 

		 

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