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 iAUMlCF27653; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:47:12 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:47:12 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <300BEB3101730B459922DE1D3B4AED89013F2FB9@hobbes2.cal.org> 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: "Miriam Burt" <miriam@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10607] RE: ESL learners and health X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2138 Lines: 53 Kate (and others): There is a new report (August 2004) from Educational Testing Service (ETS) that looks at info from the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS)and the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) and "identifies...the health-related literacy skills of U.S. adults and finds marked differences among adults based on their education, age, wealth, and country of birth." The report is call "Literacy and Health in America" and it's written by Rima Rudd of the Harvard School of Public Health, and Irwin Kirsch and Kentaro Yamamoto of ETS. The authors have created a Health Activities Literacy Scale (HALS) that identifies and places health-related skills on a scale composed of 5 levels of health literacy. You can download the report at the ETS Web site at www.ets.lrg/research Miriam *********** Miriam Burt Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA) Center for Applied Linguistics Washington, DC -----Original Message----- From: nifl-esl@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-esl@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of kate singleton Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 4:32 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10606] ESL learners and health Hello. I will soon be presenting a workshop on health literacy concerns of adult immigrants and their families to an audience of public health workers, medical school faculty, and adult educators. I would like to share with them stories from ESL classes about learners' health and health care experiences and concerns. I'm not currently in the classroom --- I would love to hear from teachers who are. Does anyone have any stories from learners about health issues that they would like to share? Or health-related learning activities that were particularly well-received by learners? Also, I would love to hear feedback from folks who have used some web-based materials I've made: Picture Stories for Adult ESL Health Literacy and the Fairfax County, VA, EL/Civics Curriculum health materials. If you have used them and would like to share your comments, would you please write to me off-list at katesingleton@cox.net? Thanks very much. Kate Singleton Falls Church, VA
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