Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j79LIFG01295; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:18:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:18:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000f01c59d27$80620500$02784d0c@judith> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "JUDITH SINCLAIR" <j-p-sinclair@worldnet.att.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:11038] Thank You and Continued Search for Caribbean Students Information X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 6119 Lines: 151 Our thanks to Deborah Jill Chitester MS CCC SLP for her excellent review of our request. We welcome all responses, and look forward to hearing from our colleagues through NIFL-ESL. Dr. Judith Sinclair Sinclair & Associates International, LLC Main Office: Washington, DC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Jill Chitester MS CCC SLP" <djcslp@slllc.org> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 5:06 PM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:11037] Re: PS to Search for support materials > Much more info is needed to answer this question appropriately. How long > are > these Carribean students in the US? What is their level of acculturation? > Very often people who are second language learners identify themselves as > English speaking for political purposes and due to such pressures when in > reality this is not the case. An ethnographic interview detailing language > background and use and level of acculturation is very important. I am > currently putting together a comprehsive guide to how this should occur. > Until these answers are obtained, it is hard to answer re: reading > comprehension..Second language acquisition and acculturation as well as > eliminating lang problems as an etiology is critical. > ****************************************************************** > DEBORAH JILL CHITESTER M.S.,CCC/SLP > Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist > Second Language, Literacy & Learning Connection, LLC > -Attaining Success for Second Language Learners- > Web Site: www.SLLLC.org > E-mail: djcslp@slllc.org > 732-398-1796(Tel/Fax), 732-642-5118 (cell) > Confidentiality Notice: This transmission may contain information that is > privileged, > confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you > are > not > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, > copying, > distribution, or use of the information contained herein including any > reliance > thereon is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in > error, > please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its > entirety, > whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JUDITH SINCLAIR" <j-p-sinclair@worldnet.att.net> > To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 4:39 PM > Subject: [NIFL-ESL:11036] PS to Search for support materials > > >> Thanks to all of you who have taken time to read our message. We have >> had >> several interesting responses, and a few good questions. We would like >> to >> provide additional information to our request for information regarding >> Caribbean students' literacy progress in U. S. jobs and schools: It is >> our >> experience working with Caribbean students that they consider English as >> their first language. The assure us that they are first and foremost >> English speaking, and that they are neither ESL or bilingual. Yet, it >> is >> also our experience that many of these students face significant >> challenges >> when they are presented with standard tests for professional and school >> work. We are looking for more information regarding Caribbean students >> who >> consider English as their first language, and their ability to take >> professional and school tests. For example, are they compromised in >> reading >> comprehension tests? Do they do well in their writing sample tests? If >> so, >> why? If not, why? We are interested in a variety of perspectives, and >> appreciate your response. >> >> Thank you again. >> >> Dr. Judith Sinclair >> Sinclair & Associates International, LLC >> Main Office: Washington, DC >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Deborah J.C. MS CCC/SLP" <deb_bil_slp@yahoo.com> >> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 1:49 PM >> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:11035] Re: Search for support materials >> >> >>> Please check my site and email me privately re: some pieces I have >>> written. >>> ****************************************************************** >>> DEBORAH JILL CHITESTER M.S.,CCC/SLP >>> Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist >>> Second Language, Literacy & Learning Connection, LLC >>> -Attaining Success for Second Language Learners- >>> Web Site: www.SLLLC.org >>> E-mail: djcslp@slllc.org >>> 732-398-1796(Tel/Fax), 732-642-5118 (cell) >>> Confidentiality Notice: This transmission may contain information that >>> is >>> privileged, >>> confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you >>> are >>> not >>> the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, >>> copying, >>> distribution, or use of the information contained herein including any >>> reliance >>> thereon is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in >>> error, >>> please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its >>> entirety, >>> whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "JUDITH SINCLAIR" <j-p-sinclair@worldnet.att.net> >>> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 1:33 PM >>> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:11034] Search for support materials >>> >>> >>>> Hello: >>>> >>>> As part of our work we look at various cultures that are relatively/new >>>> to >>>> America to determine how to best address their educational needs. We >>>> are >>>> currently looking for materials, papers, personal narratives, journal >>>> articles and the like that discuss challenges students from the >>>> Caribbean >>>> islands face when they come to the United States to attend school or >>>> obtain >>>> work. We are most interested in reading comprehension problems, and >>>> Caribbean students' ability to successfully pass written school and >>>> professional tests. If anyone has information regarding this topic, >>>> please >>>> let us know. >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> Dr. Judith Sinclair >>>> Sinclair & Associates International, LLC >>>> Main Office: Washington, DC >>>> >>>>
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