Hello All, 

I am new to this list.  I teach adult EL Civics and GED for Richmond, 
Virginia Public Schools.

Could anyone direct me to some research or studies of programs that have 
offered native language-assisted English GED instruction for ESL adults? 
By this I mean, learners having the opportunity to ask for clarification 
of English language material in their first language.  Obviously an 
instructor would have to work with a homogeneous first language class to 
be inclusive.  I've been told that issues with funding can arise if 
languages other than English are used in the GED classroom.  I would like 
to gather info on the subject for a Research Methods class I'm taking for 
an Adult Literacy degree. 

Thanks 
------------------------------------------------------
Adam Nathanson
Financial Literacy Project Coordinator
Virginia Commonwealth University
Division of Community Engagement
Mary & Frances Youth Center. Rm. 112
120 South Linden Street, Box 843062 
Richmond, Virginia 23284-3062

(804) 828-7126 p / (804) 827-1739 f
nathansonaw at vcu.edu
--------------------------------------------------------
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/englishlanguage/attachments/20080523/77f955a0/attachment.html